Over 116,000 Zimbabweans have crossed back into their homeland in recent weeks, their faces etched with the trauma of xenophobic violence in South Africa. Estimates suggest that approximately 10% of Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa are living with HIV, many of whom were previously accessing ARVs there. Many young learners, particularly those in exam-writing classes, were abruptly pulled from their schools in South Africa. Reports indicate that numerous businesses owned by Zimbabweans in South Africa were torched, resulting in the complete loss of their investments and means of income. The dream of a secure future, once pursued in South Africa, has been replaced by the harsh reality of being a ‘jobless homecomer’ in their own land.