Zimbabwean immigrants drown while illegally crossing into South Africa

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Migrants at Beitbridge in Zimbabwe at the border with South Africa. PHOTO | FILE

Over a dozen Zimbabweans are feared to have drowned early this week while trying to cross into South Africa through the Limpopo River, as immigrants seek to escape economic problems in their country.

The group that was said to be using an inflatable boat was reported missing on Sunday, and on Wednesday police from Zimbabwe and South Africa said only one body had been retrieved about 40 kilometres west of the Beitbridge border post.