Eight children from Zimbabwe held by authorities in SA for three months face being repatriated despite being claimed by their Cape Town-based parents. The department of social development wants to repatriate the children who are in the country illegally. They have been held since they were found travelling from Zimbabwe on November 11 to join their parents for Christmas. They were unaccompanied and without documents. They were intercepted at a Rustenburg garage after observers assumed they were victims of human trafficking. They have been held by the department of social development for three months in Rustenburg without being granted access to their parents‚ some of whom have tried to visit. On Wednesday‚ three parents arrived at a Rustenburg safe house and were denied access to their children. The parents later learnt that the children had been moved to an undisclosed location. The department of social development has refused to reveal their location. "They don’t want to tell us w...
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