Around 1,000 Mozambicans are facing imminent expulsion from South African platinum mines, for using South African ID documents, according to Mozambique’s labour ministry – which said another 800 have recently been made redundant due to a crisis in SA’s mining sector.

The labour ministry said it couldn’t do anything to help, beyond advising the unemployed miners to be “proactive” in using their skills as self-employed workers back home.
When South Africa’s mining sector sneezes, southern Mozambique catches a cold, as it’s still a major employer in the region.