Zim crisis fuels SA backlash

THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says South Africa must be candid with Zimbabwe about its political and economic trajectory, warning that xenophobic attacks will persist unless both countries address the underlying factors driving irregular migration.

More than a million Zimbabweans have migrated to South Africa in search of better economic opportunities.

ZCTU argued that lasting solutions require Harare and Pretoria to confront the economic and political conditions fuelling migration and anti-immigrant sentiment — rather than merely managing the violence after it erupts.

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