As heavy rain began pouring over Cape Town, the City of Cape Town, in collaboration with the Department of Home Affairs and the Zimbabwean Consulate, started relocating Zimbabwean nationals who had gathered in large numbers outside the Consulate in District Six.
While foreign nationals flock to the consulates across the country ahead of June 30th, concern and worry remain over whether an over-reliance on repatriation will address wider systemic governance issues.
The City of Cape Town, in collaboration with the Department of Home Affairs and the Zimbabwean Consulate, were relocating Zimbabwean residents who had gathered in large numbers outside the Consulate in District Six over the weekend.
The residents were then moved to the Home Affairs Repatriation Centre in Epping, which is the designated facility for processing voluntary repatriation and is properly equipped to manage this volume of residents safely and humanely.
The city had urged Zimbabwean residents wishing to be repatriated to instead go to the Epping Repatriation Centre, which will be the sole official site for processing before residents are transported to Beit Bridge.
