SA wants Malawi, Nigeria and Ethiopia to reimburse repatriation costs – Here’s how much was spent

The Department of Home Affairs has confirmed it has written to the governments of Malawi, Nigeria and Ethiopia requesting that they reimburse the repatriation costs for their citizens in South Africa.“You will note that that’s really around the 4th and 5th when we received the majority of foreign nationals from the Musina showgrounds, and then the lowest we processed was around 189, and you can see the numbers keep going down now, and the minister just indicated the latest number is even lower than that 189,” Home Affairs Director-General Tommy Makhode told the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on Tuesday.

Source: Home Affairs The country’s dedicated immigration courts handled at least 28 737 cases, with Gauteng handling the highest number at 4 973.