Expired food for foreigners

The Glenvista refugees camp is a camp where plus minus 2 300 foreigners have been displaced, following the recent xenophobic attacks that took place a month ago in Alexandra township North of Johannesburg. The attacks later stretched to other parts of South Africa. The camp is situated just next to the Rifle Range road here in Johannesburg, with a variety of 14 different nationals. Foreigners there say they really are very disappointed about how they have been treated, especially the kind of food they are been fed with. They say the food is often expired and six slices of brown bread and soup two times a day it is not enough.

Speaking to some of them why they say the food is expired they say it is because every time after they have eaten they go to the toilet because of the running stomach. This is just news to the assistant site manager Belinda Kontze, as she explains there is no such a thing as expired food. Kontze explained to us that every time food comes in, she and other volunteers are the first people to taste them. Now its surprising to hear the food is expired.

This led to some of the women foreigners ending up cooking their own food as they say they don't trust anything and anyone now. When you walk around the tents you could see prima stoves and pots - a clear sign that people have lost hope. But where do they get the money to buy their own food?


The foreign nationals are now calling on the South African government and the International Community to do everything in their power to make sure they will soon leave the camp.