Fallen streetlight affects traffic on Eduardo Mondlane Avenue, in Maputo city
Another 500 Mozambicans arrive, repatriated by South Africa
3:57 CAT | 13 Aug 2020
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South African authorities yesterday repatriated some 500 Mozambicans, caught living illegally there. The Mozambicans were transported in eight buses and four light vehicles provided by the South African government.
Daniel Chemane, the provincial health director of Maputo, said that all those repatriated had been screened for the new coronavirus, and that conditions were being created for the returnees to comply with the mandatory of 14-day home quarantine.
This is the sixth batch of returnees resulting from the tightening of Covid-19 prevention measures in South Africa.
Most of the returnees were being held in detention centres outside Johannesburg, having been identified as being in South Africa illegally.
Figures indicate 1,381 Mozambicans have been repatriated from South Africa since April .
Source: Radio Moçambque
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