Migrants suffer in SA

country were being ill-treated by their fellow South African women.
“This is also happening on most commercial farms around South Africa with most foreign Africans being the victims of abuse in South Africa. Worse still, they are not offered their monthly wages. This is the worst forms of human abuse by the South Africans,” said Mseti.
Speaking at the same meeting, the Zimbabwe Tortured Victims Project (ZTVP) Paralegal, Sox Chikohwero, complained on behalf of the Zimbabweans, whom the South African Police Service (SAPS) recently tear gassed whilst detained at Lindela Holding Cells.
The 50 people, including 10 Zimbabweans, 30 Congolese and 10 Somalis sustained severe head, body and eye injuries trying to escape from the small locked room.
“This is inhumane! We are taking up the matter with the lawyers for human rights. How can a professionally trained police teargas locked up refugees in the cells. There was no access to water or towels,” said Sox.
There was no comment from the SAPS as the person who answered the telephone repeatedly said the police spokesperson was out of the office.
Gayatri Singh, Coordinator of Migration, Governance and Health Initiative Forced Migration Studies Programme at Wits University, threatened legal action against the SA Police.
“Such brutality by Police must not go unchallenged. The police must be brought to book, and must be made answerable to their actions,” said Singh. – CAJ News