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Nabbed: A Zimbabwean national caught with goods at an informal crossing point along the South Africa–Zimbabwe border.
AMAGUMA GUMA SMUGGLERS

Smuggled birth control pills in demand

Female migrants cite barriers to accessing local healthcare facilities

  • Dianah Chiyangwa
7 min read
What’s driving anti-immigrant healthcare blockades? Sharon Ekambaram from Lawyers for Human Rights says it’s everything from the sky-high cost of Zimbabwean passports and corruption to South Africa’s institutionalised xenophobia — and a growing global intolerance of migrants. (Bhekisisa team)
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Court orders government, police to block vigilantes from two clinics — and put up warnings at entrances

The judgment complements a November ruling meant to stop groups such as Operation Dudula from blocking foreign nationals from entering government hospitals and clinics and…

  • Tanya Pampalone
  • Mia Malan
  • Anna-Maria van Niekerk
  • Jessica Pitchford
  • Thatego Mashabela
8 min read