Police raid church where Zimbabweans were hiding

South African police descended on a Johannesburg church where Zimbabweans had taken refuge, taking people in nightgowns and pyjamas to a police station in scenes reminiscent of apartheid-era raids.

Bishop Paul Verryn was hosting some 1,200 people at the Central Methodist Church, which has become a haven for Zimbabweans fleeing their own country’s political and economic meltdown.