Four Namibian women from Oshikoto Region who returned home from Vredendal in South Africa’s Western Cape following anti-illegal immigration protests have thanked the government for arranging their safe repatriation but say they now face unemployment and need assistance to restart their lives.
Fourteen Namibian citizens have returned home from neighbouring South Africa amid anti-foreigner sentiments with only a few possessions.
Issued with emergency travel certificates, the group of returnees were voluntarily repatriated from Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape Province.
The South African government is continuing its work in facilitating the safe return of foreign nationals to their respective home countries.
South African Justice Minister and Inter-Ministerial Committee chairperson Mmamoloko Kubayi made this assurance at a recent media briefing in Johannesburg.
The remains of two Namibians who died while imprisoned on Robben Island and were buried in Cape Town, South Africa, are to be exhumed and repatriated before 26 August 2026.
The Zambian government has intensified efforts to help citizens wishing to return home following anti-immigration protests reported in parts of South Africa.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that, so far, no Zambian has been reported injured in connection with the anti-immigration protests.
A collection of cultural artefacts, linked to railway workers and communities affected by colonial rule, has been returned home from Switzerland after more than 120 years.
South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal is expected to deliver its judgement tomorrow in the case concerning the repatriation of former President Edgar Lungu's remains to Zambia.
The court reserved judgement after hearing submissions on May 29, 2026.
The Khama III Memorial Museum in the royal village of Serowe in the central part of Botswana recently received 45 cultural artefacts from the Brighton and Hove Museums in the United Kingdom.
The hearing over the Pretoria High Court judgement on the repatriation of the former President Lungu's remains involving the family and Zambian government is set for May 29th.
The development has been confirmed by the family's spokesperson, Makebi Zulu.
Honey Attorneys of South Africa, acting on behalf of the Zambian government, have taken possession of the late former President Edgar Lungu's body from Two Mountains Mortuary, where it has been held for over ten months.
