Un milliardaire africain engage 1 million de dollars pour évacuer les citoyens d’Afrique du Sud
Zimbabwe has enlisted the support of one of its wealthiest businessmen, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, to fund an emergency operation to repatriate thousands of its citizens from South Africa, as rising anti-immigrant tensions highlight the limits of the country's repatriation capabilities.
Tagwirei and his wife, Sandra, have pledged $1 million through the Bridging Gaps Foundation to fund the emergency return of nearly 20,000 Zimbabweans. This money is intended to finance buses transporting returnees from South African cities to the Beitbridge border crossing, and then on to communities throughout Zimbabwe.
The Zimbabwean Ministry of Local Government and Works officially accepted the donation in a letter dated June 26, requesting the foundation to acquire the buses and coordinate the logistics of the operation, including transport in South Africa and services at the Beitbridge border post.
If fully implemented, this initiative would significantly increase Zimbabwe's capacity to respond to one of the largest waves of voluntary returns from South Africa in recent years.
This intervention comes as hundreds of Zimbabweans have gathered outside their country's consulate in Cape Town, many sleeping outdoors for days while waiting to be taken care of for government-organised transport to return home, after fears of violence intensified ahead of an unofficial anti-immigrant mobilization planned for June 30.
Reuters reported that authorities in Cape Town have begun relocating stranded migrants to temporary accommodations, as pressure mounts on diplomatic missions and immigration services.
The crisis has spread beyond Zimbabwe. Malawi, Mozambique, and several other African countries have also mobilized aid for their citizens seeking to leave South Africa, illustrating how the resurgence of anti-immigrant sentiment in Africa's most industrialized economy is becoming a growing regional humanitarian and diplomatic challenge.
Over the past two decades, millions of Zimbabweans have migrated south in search of work, as Zimbabwe grappled with economic instability, currency crises, and high unemployment. Their remittances have become a vital source of income for households and foreign currency for their families back home.
The sudden increase in the number of repatriated people therefore poses a double challenge to Harare: transporting citizens safely while preparing for the economic and social pressures that accompany a large-scale repatriation.
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