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Fri 12 Dec 2008Irish missionaries tend to victims in a ravished land
THE MOST striking feature about Zimbabweans who have crossed the border into Musina, South Africa's northernmost town, is their depth of fatigue, according to Irish missionaries working in the town.
Hungry and in many cases infected with cholera, a water-borne disease that is lethal if left untreated, the majority are close to collapse by the time they cross into South Africa via the Beitbridge border post near Musina in Vhembe district.
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