{"id":51399,"date":"2021-12-16T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T09:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=51399"},"modified":"2021-12-16T11:54:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T09:54:01","slug":"travel-restrictions-wont-stop-zimbabweans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/travel-restrictions-wont-stop-zimbabweans","title":{"rendered":"Travel restrictions won&#8217;t stop Zimbabweans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\">Africa-Press-Zimbabwe<\/a> Zimbabweans living in Johannesburg say they\u2019re trying to go back home &#8211; despite that country\u2019s decision to close its borders to ordinary travellers. This time of the year, hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans who live in South Africa make their way back home for the holiday season. 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