By exactly 7:30am the place is buzzing with many people, mainly youngsters who look like students. They sit and wait.
No one seems to care about why they are here. There are also older people with their children in tow. The only interaction they will have with the South African High Commission, where they have come to apply for visas, is with a security guard who can barely answer their questions.
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