Professionals flock back home

Chronicle Reporter

THE Department of Immigration Control at the Plumtree Border Post is processing about 80 applications of professionals who are now returning home, an official has said.

In a recent interview, the assistant regional Immigration Officer in Charge at the point of entry, Mr Nqobile Ncube, said they were processing applications from a cross section of professionals who now want to come and work at home.

Most Zimbabweans left the country at the height of the economic meltdown in the last decade to work in neighbouring countries like Botswana, South Africa and Namibia.

Since the introduction of the multi currency the economy is now showing signs of recovery and most people are now tracing their steps back home.

Mr Ncube said deportations of Zimbabweans from Botswana were now very low and attributed this to the fact that most Zimbabweans now used legal travel documents.

He noted that Botswana was scaling down permits for foreigners in an effort to empower its citizens by giving them preference when it comes to job opportunities.

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Highlanders..1

Dynamos..1

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Cattle branding paying dividends

Midlands Correspondent

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