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Zimbabwe’s Double Burden: Climate-Displaced Children Facing Xenophobia in South African Schools

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From Drought to Discrimination: Zimbabwean Children in South African Schools A Classroom in Johannesburg In early 2025, a Grade 6 teacher in Johannesburg reported an alarming pattern: children arriving mid-term from Zimbabwe, often without documentation, struggled with English or isiZulu and were targeted by classmates repeating anti-foreigner rhetoric. One 12-year-old boy, fleeing prolonged drought with […]

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