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Acknowledgements

This report was written by Norma Kriger, consultant to the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch.  The report is based on her research in the Limpopo province of South Africa from late April to early May 2006, and in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, and Beitbridge, Zimbabwe, from late September to mid-October 2006, and on the research conducted by Tara Polzer, Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of Witwatersrand, in Mpumalanga province from late September to early October 2006.  Tara Polzer also drafted a section on the historical background of Mozambicans in Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces, and provided valuable comments on an earlier version of the report.  The report was edited and reviewed by Georgette Gagnon, deputy director of the Africa Division, Aisling Reidy, senior legal advisor, and Ian Gorvin, consultant to the Program Office of Human Rights Watch.  Bill Frelick, director of refugee policy, and Nisha Varia, senior researcher in the Women’s Rights Division, provided valuable comments.  Hannah Vaughan-Lee, associate in the Africa Division, provided invaluable production and research assistance; Andrea Holley, publications director, provided production coordination.

Human Rights Watch benefited from the assistance of people and nongovernmental organizations in South Africa.  Shirhami Shirinda, Nkuzi Development Association, worked with Human Rights Watch in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces and in Beitbridge.  Jane Nkumalo, Masisukumeni Women’s Crisis Center, also assisted Human Rights Watch in Mpumalanga province.  For two days, TRAC-MP provided Human Rights Watch with a translator. 

In Beitbridge, Zimbabwe, the IOM programme officer gave Human Rights Watch access to IOM staff and to deportees passing through the center. 

The Public Justice Center, Baltimore, United States, gave Human Rights Watch valuable guidance on US case law for undocumented workers’ wages and compensation for work-related injuries, and on international law.

Human Rights Watch is grateful to the Ford Foundation for funding its work in South Africa.