[The Department of Social Development continues to work closely with other relevant departments, as well as civil society organisations to provide support to displaced foreign nationals,]

South Africa has repatriated 5,645 foreigners since the end of xenophobic attacks in late April, the government said on Sunday. A Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe, who said this in a statement, added that the foreigners chose to leave South Africa voluntarily. Malawians made up the bulk of the foreigners, numbering 3,506, followed by Zimbabweans (1,440) Mozambicans (682), while Tanzanians had (17). Radebe said the repatriation process started soon after the latest spate of xenophobic violence ended in April.

“The Department of Social Development continues to work closely with other relevant departments, as well as civil society organisations to provide support to displaced foreign nationals,” Radebe said. The official also said over 1,000 foreigners received trauma counseling. According to the statement, 10 women with children under 12 months of which three had just given birth were flown to their respective countries on their insistence. Radebe further stated that the department would continue to do its work to ensure that the underlying socio-economic issues that gave rise to tensions between South Africans and foreign nationals were dealt with. He also defended the current Operation Fiela (meaning “sweep’’ in Sesotho language) launched after the end of the xenophobia attacks. He said the operation was meant to address the security challenges in a structured and coordinated manner.

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Posted: at 18-05-2015 10:28 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Useless people

Posted: at 18-05-2015 11:17 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

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Posted: at 18-05-2015 11:40 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

mumu people

Posted: at 18-05-2015 11:59 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

Posted: at 18-05-2015 12:49 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Nigeria did "Ghana must go" , why are we persecuting these people??

Posted: at 18-05-2015 01:48 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

This south Africa people sef

Posted: at 18-05-2015 02:44 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

YEYE dey smell

Posted: at 18-05-2015 04:40 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

these nuts ................... hahahahaha

Posted: at 18-05-2015 09:30 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

No Nigerian among those people they deported......dey no born them well 

Posted: at 19-05-2015 08:09 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

OK NA

Posted: at 19-05-2015 09:04 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

Nigeria did "Ghana must go" , why are we persecuting these people??

THIS XENOPHOBIC OF A THING,IS WHAT THEY PLAN TO SWEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM THEIR LAND.....WE DID IT TO THE GHANIANS,SO THEY DID THE SAME THING,THE WORST IS THAT THEY KILLED.....TO ME THE SOUTH AFRICANS GANG TO DO THIS MASSACRE IN UNITY....BUT THEY NEED TO WAKE UP AS WELL......
THIS SHOWS,WE MUST RESPECT THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND WE GO,NOT JUST MAKING MONEY,AND INSULTING THE PEOPLE,EVEN IF THEY ARE LAZY,THINK OF YOUR OWN MONEY AND LET THEM BE....

Posted: at 19-05-2015 01:15 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

Foolish South Africans

Posted: at 18-08-2015 06:58 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

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