From The Cape Argus, 3 November: Refugee dies of hunger on Cape Town street
By Clayton Barnes
Adonis Musati, a Zimbabwean asylum seeker and a familiar face to many at Cape Town's Home Affairs office, died on a pavement just metres from the Foreshore office on Friday. Musati, 24, is believed to have died of hunger. Bennett Hodi, the last to see Musati alive, said he came zigzagging across the road towards the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Friday morning and asked a construction worker for money to buy a loaf of bread. Hodi, a guard at a nearby construction site, said although none of the workers had money, a colleague decided to buy the bread as they could see Musati was hungry and weak. "He told us he hadn't eaten in two weeks," said Hodi. "We gave him the bread and he finished half a loaf in seconds. He then asked for water and swallowed a few sips before lying down under a tree on the island opposite the Convention Centre. A few minutes later we noticed he was lying on his back with his legs and arms stretched out.
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