{"id":1189991,"date":"2022-01-05T09:19:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1189991"},"modified":"2022-01-05T09:19:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:19:46","slug":"south-africa-erects-roadblocks-to-stop-wave-of-zimbabwe-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-africa-erects-roadblocks-to-stop-wave-of-zimbabwe-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Erects Roadblocks to Stop Wave of Zimbabwe Migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-africa-erects-roadblocks-to-stop-wave-of-zimbabwe-migrants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1189991&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">South Africa\u2019s government recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newzimbabwe.com\/sa-blocks-hundreds-of-undocumented-zimbabweans\/\">erected<\/a> four separate checkpoints along its border with Zimbabwe in an effort to detect and arrest \u201chundreds of undocumented Zimbabweans\u201d who have crossed into South Africa illegally in recent days, the online newspaper New Zimbabwe reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s Department of Homes Affairs funded the construction of the roadblocks, manned by national police and defense forces along with South African customs officials. Two of the checkpoints are located \u201cat Baobab, one at Musina and another at Mantsole,\u201d according to New Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>South African Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi visited and inspected a roadblock at South Africa\u2019s Beitbridge Border Post on January 3. He told eNews Channel Africa (eNCA) that \u201con Monday morning alone a total of 179 undocumented Zimbabweans had been arrested and deported back\u201d after attempting to pass through the checkpoint.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19366866\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1228839919.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19366866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1228839919-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Suspected undocumented Zimbabwean nationals wait after being rounded-up by South African National Defence Force (SANDF) after attempting to illegally cross the border fencenear the Beitbridge border post, near Musina, on October 2, 2020. (PHILL MAGAKOE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The end of the recent winter holiday period spurred the latest surge in illegal Zimbabweans crossing into South Africa, according to New Zimbabwe. Most of the border crossers are reportedly Zimbabweans who have previously crossed into and worked in South Africa illegally. They are now \u201creturning to South Africa to work after visiting their families [in Zimbabwe] during the festive season.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOver 600 Zimbabweans have been arrested in the festive season blitz, which has kept South Africa\u2019s border control department busy with deportations,\u201d New Zimbabwe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newzimbabwe.com\/zim-army-commanders-getting-bribes-from-border-jumpers-sa\/\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;separately on January 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we have learnt is that these people come by car from Zimbabwe and it stops on the Zimbabwean side,\u201d Motsoaledi told South Africa\u2019s eNCA on January 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever does not have documents moves out of the car and the car, then passes through as the driver has got requisite documents,\u201d he detailed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter passing through the border they then meet the people who crossed illegally in South Africa. It does not happen very far from the border because they cannot walk a very long distance,\u201d Motsoaledi added.<\/p>\n<p>Motsoaledi said representatives of South Africa\u2019s military told him on Monday that Zimbabweans seeking to enter South Africa illegally are routinely bribing Zimbabwean border soldiers to look the other way as they embark on their illegal journey.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Zimbabweans looking for work in South Africa have illegally crossed into the neighboring country for more than two decades. Most are spurred to enter the country by Zimbabwe\u2019s socialist economy, which has been in tatters since at least 2007 but was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/middle-east-and-africa\/2020\/07\/09\/zimbabwes-worst-economic-crisis-in-more-than-a-decade\">described<\/a> by the <em>Economist<\/em> in July 2020 as experiencing its \u201cworst crisis in more than a decade.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19366850\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1230476048.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19366850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1230476048-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldier walks along the border fence that separates South Africa and Zimbabwe, near the Beitbridge border post, near Musina, South Africa, on January 8, 2021. (GUILLEM SARTORIO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cA few years ago the [Zimbabwean] government was claiming that the value of its various forms of local currency was equivalent to an American greenback. Today it is worth about one cent,\u201d the newspaper observed.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s employment rate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2020\/7\/3\/lifes-so-tough-never-ending-misery-for-crisis-hit-zimbabweans\">surged<\/a> to 90 percent in July 2020, with many Zimbabweans reportedly \u201cstarving\u201d at the time due to a lack of income.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[A] strict lockdown imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic has also affected Zimbabweans who earn a living from informal activities such as vending, hawking and illegal foreign exchange deals,\u201d Al Jazeera reported on July 3, 2020. \u201cWith their movement restricted, many of them have been left without a source of income.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Zimbabwe estimated on January 4 that \u201cover two million\u201d Zimbabweans are currently \u201cliving and working illegally in South Africa.\u201d Poor political policies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/africa\/2020\/07\/31\/zimbabwe-agrees-to-pay-white-farmers-3-5-billion-it-doesnt-have-for-land-grabs\/\">enacted<\/a> by Zimbabwe\u2019s leftist Zanu-PF party, which has ruled the country since it gained independence from Britain in 1980, are to blame for the nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/africa\/2020\/07\/31\/zimbabwe-agrees-to-pay-white-farmers-3-5-billion-it-doesnt-have-for-land-grabs\/\">failed<\/a> economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s government recently erected four separate checkpoints along its border with Zimbabwe in an effort to detect and arrest \u201chundreds of undocumented Zimbabweans\u201d who have crossed into South Africa &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1189991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1189991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1189991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1189991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1189991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}