Women and children of Malawian immigrants wait anxiously at Sherwood Hall.
For undocumented Malawian immigrants gathered at Sherwood Hall in Durban, the prospect of returning home has become a desperate necessity amid gruelling conditions and fears for their safety. The journey back to Malawi is no longer just a bureaucratic process—it is a final hope for stability and security.
Madalitso Banda, who has been living in South Africa for three years, said she was from Lilongwe in Malawi. She had come to South Africa to work but did not have the necessary documents.
“Now it’s hard for the baby. The baby was so sick,” Banda said. “Where I was staying (Chatsworth), all the foreigners were chased away and told to go home. Now it was hard to go to Malawi; that’s why I came here. Maybe the Malawi government will take all the people home.”
They had been at Sherwood Hall since last Friday, and the baby has been sick for five days.
