Mozambican refugees fleeing tension and skirmishes between the governing party, Frelimo, and the rebels, Renamo, are trickling into KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. In the past few years, thousands of refugees have been leaving the southern African country and heading to Zimbabwe and SA. As a result of the influx, Zimbabwe, which hosts 17,500 refugees, asked the international community for $10.9m in aid last week to help feed and resettle thousands of Mozambicans. Some of these refugees pass through SA’s porous border in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Sam Sithole, who operates a taxi between the northern KwaZulu-Natal town of Manguzi and the Kosi Bay border, said he had ferried a number of Mozambican refugees in the past few months. "They say they are scared that violence between the government and the rebels will escalate.
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