Call for practical Support & Prayers; a Zimbabwean Refugee Died of Hunger in Central Cape Town, South Africa

(This incident happened in November 2008 in Capetown)

One day l went to Cape Town Home Affairs in Foreshore; they were many Zimbabwean Refugees and Asylum Seekers sleeping outside the Home Affairs waiting for permits. I saw that one young man had no shoes. When I asked, he told me, that his shoes were stolen. This man had just fled from the State atrocities and starvation in Zimbabwe. I promised to get him some shoes but l needed time to do that.

Some few days later l heard that a Zimbabwean refugee had died of hunger. When l enquired l was told that he is that man who was without shoes. I was grief –stricken. This is one of the testimonies of the hardships that refugees in Cape Town and rest of South Africa face. Read The Whole story from the Newspaper by clicking http://zimjustice.blogspot.com/2008/02/did-he-die-of-hunger-on-cape-town.html

The Cape Town Home Affairs refugee office is hit by massive corruption and go slow tactics of xenophobic officials. Refugees are not getting permits. The ANC government of President Thabo Mbeki has failed to cushion the poor and other weak members such as refugees especially those from Zimbabwe. This is due to deliberate calculations of the ANC government as it supports Mugabe’s murderous policies in Zimbabwe.

Refugees are starving, some sick and dying, it appear as if no one cares. It’s common to see refugees putting on dirty, tattered clothes or eating food that has been thrown into bins. Please remember these impoverished immigrant communities in South Africa, the situation is out of control.

"[The wicked] do not plead the cause, the cause of the orphan, that they may prosper; and they do not defend the rights of the poor. Shall I not punish these people?" declares the LORD. "On such a nation as this, shall I not avenge myself?" Jeremiah 5:28.

But whoever has the world's goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? 1 John 3:17.

If you want to help practical the Zimbabwean refugees in Capetown or campaigns against human rights abuses contact me.

Yours for the oppressed Zimbabweans in South Africa,

Collen Makumbirofa
Foundation of Reason & Justice
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