Zimbabwe billionaire Kudakwashe Tagwirei commits $1 million to evacuate citizens from South Africa
Tagwirei and his wife, Sandra, have pledged $1 million through the Bridging Gaps Foundation to fund the emergency return of up to 20,000 Zimbabweans, with the money expected to finance buses transporting returnees from South African cities to the Beitbridge border crossing and onward to communities across Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Local Government and Public Works formally accepted the donation in a letter dated June 26, requesting the foundation to procure the buses and coordinate logistics for the operation, including transport within South Africa and services at the Beitbridge Border Post.
If fully implemented, the programme would significantly expand Zimbabwe’s capacity to respond to one of the largest waves of voluntary returns from South Africa in recent years.
The 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 processed for government-assisted transport home after fears of violence intensified ahead of an unofficial June 30 anti-immigrant mobilisation.
Reuters reported that authorities in Cape Town began relocating stranded migrants to temporary accommodation as pressure mounted on diplomatic missions and immigration authorities.
The crisis has spread beyond Zimbabwe. Malawi, Mozambique and several other African countries have also mobilised assistance for citizens seeking to leave South Africa, highlighting how renewed anti-immigrant sentiment in Africa’s most industrialised economy is increasingly becoming a regional humanitarian and diplomatic challenge.
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