Focus on Africa
Focus on Africa
BBC World Service
Inside the temporary immigrant camps in South Africa
22 minutes Posted Jun 29, 2026 at 3:30 pm.
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Tuesday, June 30, is the unofficial deadline set by anti-immigrant protestors for unregistered African nationals to leave South Africa. March and March movement, a group opposed to illegal migration, is expected to stage what they call “a national shutdown” following its demand for all undocumented foreigners to leave the country. Ahead of the nationwide protests, we hear from African nationals at a temporary camp in Durban waiting to be repatriated to their home countries.

Also, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso announce plans for a regional news agency. We look into what the move means for information control and accountability.

Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna

Producers: Keikantse Shumba, Blessing Aderogba and Ayuba Illya
Senior Producer: Bella Twine
Technical Producer: David Kinyanjui
Editors: Charles Gitonga and Maryam Abdalla