It is because they do not only provide cheap labour, but they can also be ripped-off by some unscrupulous employers who take advantage of the collapsed economy back home.
Take the case of Solomon Vambe, a Zimbabwean who worked for a certain garage owner (named withheld) who specialises in various car models. Vambe has worked for the man since 2006. Vambe, and many others in his situation, could never be prepared for the cruel treatment that would be unleashed upon him as events conspired against him last Wednesday. No man could. First he got to work as usual but was immediately told to leave the premises by his employer. Then as he was leaving, he got a telephone call from home in Zimbabwe: his father was dead and would be buried in two days. Even as he turned back into the yard where he had just been chased, he did not get any sympathy from the man who had just dismissed him from work. He should not have expected any. A tearful Vambe narrated his misery: "I got to work yesterday and the guy just told me that I am fired without even giving me the opportunity to defend myself from whatever charge. All he said was that I was "stealing parts from the workshop."
