Monday, March 16, 2009

Photographs of refugees in Musina:

Image credit : The Times picture show, "Zimbabwean refugees in Musina"


Starvation, drugs and prostitution: the miserable fate of Mugabe's orphans - The Times, 3/16/09

From the article:

"Night brings some respite for Zimbabwe’s 'lost generation', thousands of children who escaped hunger, poverty and disease in their homeland in search of a better life in South Africa, Instead they find themselves unwanted and hunted. For a few hours they can beg and scavenge for food largely out of sight of the police who arrest and deport them during the day. They rummage through overflowing bins, licking the inside of cans and plastic yoghurt pots and gnawing on jettisoned takeaways.

...

Near by, from dimly lit doorways young girls gesture confidently at passing motorists who know sex with minors is cheap – 30p for unprotected intercourse, half that if a condom is worn. HIV infection rates are among the highest in the world here but the girls are seemingly indifferent to the risks."

No comments: