Durban under strain as authorities accelerate removals and NGOs warn of humanitarian risk at Sherwood.
"I haven't bathed in seven days."
These are the words of a 25-year-old Malawian man sheltering at the overcrowded Sherwood site in Durban, where thousands of migrants are awaiting processing and repatriation.
Having lived in South Africa for the past two years, he described a life now reduced to long queues, uncertainty and deteriorating sanitary conditions, while insisting that his frustration is directed not at his host country but at delays in returning home.
"I've been in South Africa for two years. Normally, I can say it's good, but it depends because some South Africans are good, and some are not. To me, I can say it’s 50-50 for South Africa," he said.
