Harare – School pupils should not try to jump the border into South Africa they might go back “in a coffin carrying flowers on your chest”, Zimbabwe Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, the Chronicle reported on Saturday.
“Don’t rush to South Africa, there’s death there,” said Mphoko, who is a former Zimbabwean ambassador to South Africa, was quoted as saying.
“I’ve come to talk to the children. I want you to know one thing. Don’t think there’s life for you across the border… there is nothing for you there.”
Illegal border crossing is a significant – and dangerous – problem for many Zimbabwean communities living on the South African border.
Some locals make it through, but others are robbed or raped by omalayitsha (people who assist border jumpers).
Crocodiles in the Limpopo River are also a threat…
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