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South Africa’s migrant crisis

25 May 2024

9:00 AM

25 May 2024

9:00 AM

Johannesburg

It’s called the ‘Reverse Jive’, retracing your steps to where your journey began, and you’ll hear it talked about all over Johannesburg, especially now, with an election next Wednesday and immigration such a hot-button issue.

South Africa has a huge informal sector where the poor can at least scratch a living

In Pretoria, the government estimates there are more than three million Zimbabweans, or ‘Zimbos’, living in South Africa.

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