Thousands of Malawians return from SA empty-handed
In a sign of the desperate times, the returning migrants brandish mobile phones and coveted food items bought in SA to sell back home
17 October 2020 - 09:00
Blantyre — Siphat Simali imagined that when she finally got back to Malawi she would return with pride and enough earnings from SA to support her two children and start a small business.
Instead, the 28-year-old former domestic worker was bussed home empty-handed and shamefaced, one of a thousand to return last month after mass job losses in SA’s lockdown...
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