{"id":117180,"date":"2026-07-16T00:54:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-to-repatriate-100000-citizens"},"modified":"2026-07-19T19:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T17:59:50","slug":"zimbabwe-to-repatriate-100000-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-to-repatriate-100000-citizens","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe to Repatriate 100,000 Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong> <\/span>Zimbabwe has announced the repatriation of nearly 100,000 of its citizens from South Africa, as authorities seek to address the significant increase in the number of returnees following unrest related to anti-immigrant violence.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Information, Zimo Soda, confirmed the return of 99,418 individuals between May 28 and July 10, with more than 70% being women and children. He explained that the government, in collaboration with its development partners, has expanded the citizen repatriation program to meet the growing demand.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Malawian and Zambian citizens arriving at the Beitbridge border post are receiving assistance through their embassies, while arrangements are still being made for other foreign nationals in need of help.<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;More than 191,000 patients have been treated, and 870 children have undergone malnutrition screenings.&#8221; According to the National Statistics Agency of Zimbabwe, approximately one million Zimbabweans live in South Africa, although some independent organizations estimate the figure to be over two million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Zimbabwe<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has announced the repatriation of nearly 100,000 of its citizens from South Africa, as authorities seek to address the significant increase in the number of returnees following unrest related to anti-immigrant violence. The Minister of Information, Zimo Soda, confirmed the return of 99,418 individuals between May 28 and July 10, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":117179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,12],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-117180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zimbabwe to Repatriate 100,000 Citizens - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zimbabwe has announced the repatriation of nearly 100,000 of its citizens from South Africa, as authorities seek to address\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-to-repatriate-100000-citizens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zimbabwe to Repatriate 100,000 Citizens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zimbabwe has announced the repatriation of nearly 100,000 of its citizens from South Africa, as authorities seek to address\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-to-repatriate-100000-citizens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-15T22:54:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-19T17:59:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2026\/07\/sm_1784483692.030845.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"856\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"494\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-to-repatriate-100000-citizens#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-to-repatriate-100000-citizens\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zimbabwe to Repatriate 100,000 Citizens\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-15T22:54:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-19T17:59:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-to-repatriate-100000-citizens\"},\"wordCount\":170,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-to-repatriate-100000-citizens#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2026\/07\/sm_1784483692.030845.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-to-repatriate-100000-citizens#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-to-repatriate-100000-citizens\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-to-repatriate-100000-citizens\",\"name\":\"Zimbabwe to Repatriate 100,000 Citizens - 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