With tens of thousands thought to be arriving each year, the ‘southern route’ is becoming more perilous and extortionary With tens of thousands thought to be arriving each year, the ‘southern route’ is becoming more perilous and extortionary On the evening of 5 January, residents driving through the suburb of Mulbarton in south Johannesburg saw five young men in the street dressed only in underwear. They were later picked up along with seven other young men by South African police. Police said