Zimbabweans in South Africa Send Back $860 Million a Year

Zimbabweans in South Africa send as much as 6.8 billion rand ($860 million) back to their home country each year, said People Against Suffering, Oppression and Poverty, a civil society group.

Between 70 percent and 80 percent of the remittances are sent to Zimbabwe through “informal channels,” such as friends or transport operators, the Cape Town-based group, known as Passop, said in a statement dated April 10, on its website. Based on a survey of 350 migrants, about 90 percent of Zimbabweans living in neighboring South Africa send money home regularly, the group said.