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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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The School Gate Barrier: Education Officials Blocking Migrant Children’s Right to Learn

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 Migrant Children’s Educational Rights  Opening: A Child at the Gate At 7:30 a.m. in Johannesburg’s inner city, Blessing, a 10-year-old from Zimbabwe, waits outside a public primary school with her mother. They’ve been turned away three times. The principal insists on a South African birth certificate or permanent residence permit — documents Blessing’s family doesn’t

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