BEITBRIDGE – At least 26,000 undocumented Zimbabweans have returned from South Africa since late May as the neighbouring country intensifies immigration enforcement ahead of a deadline for undocumented foreign nationals to leave or regularise their stay. Official figures released by authorities show that 25,966 Zimbabweans returned between May 28 and June 22, 2026, with 24,211 making their own way home through the Beitbridge Border Post, while 1,755 vulnerable returnees were