{"id":39833,"date":"2026-07-17T12:19:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T10:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39833"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:19:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T10:19:26","slug":"sa-malawi-discuss-migration-concerns","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-malawi-discuss-migration-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"SA, Malawi discuss migration concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">South Africa&#8217;s (SA) Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, Ronald\u00a0Lamola, and his Malawian counterpart, George\u00a0Chaponda, have discussed issues affecting the two countries.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Their talks come as some Malawian nationals continue to return home following protests against undocumented migration.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">While many have already been repatriated or deported, others are still awaiting transport or processing at the\u00a0Beitbridge\u00a0border post, with some temporarily staying outside Malawi&#8217;s missions in SA.<\/p>\n<p>The two ministers met on the sidelines of the Southern African Development Community\u00a0Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics,\u00a0Defence\u00a0and Security in Malawi.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\nAs Chairperson of the meeting, George\u00a0Chaponda\u00a0highlighted the political and security challenges facing the region.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\nDuring their bilateral discussions,\u00a0Chaponda\u00a0and\u00a0Lamola\u00a0also reflected on matters affecting both countries and reaffirmed their commitment to working together to strengthen co-operation, regional stability and unity.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39834,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[],"class_list":["post-39833","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Lamola, and Chaponda discuss issues affecting the two countries","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39835,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39833\/revisions\/39835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}