In a viral video, Limpopo province Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba told a migrant patient that illegal Zimbabweans were putting a strain on the provincial healthcare system. When informed the patient she was addressing was Shona-speaking, she said: "You know that [President Emmerson] Mnangagwa doesn't give me money to operate you guys... You're killing my health system."
Ramathuba's comments sparked controversy with multiple calls from organisations demanding her dismissal and for an apology for her statements. Reactions on Twitter saw multiple users coming out in her defence while opposition parties slammed her "cruel" and "irresponsible" stance.
Southern Africa: How Migrants Who Move Between Zimbabwe and South Africa Access Healthcare in Border Towns
The Conversation Africa, 5 September 2022
Zimbabwe and South Africa share a 225 km common border. There is only one official border crossing, at Beitbridge. An estimated 15,000 migrants and refugees from Zimbabwe and other… Read more »
Former Zimbabwean Deputy Prime Minister, Arthur Mutambara, has called on African leaders to ensure that the political and economic climate in their respective countries are improved so that their citizens don't have to leave their countries. Mutambara was responding to the debate around what Limpopo Health Health, Phophi Ramathuba said to a Zimbabwean citizen, who was admitted to a hospital in Limpopo. ZANU-PF spokesperson in South Africa has criticised Dr Ramathuba for her statement, wherein
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Zimbabwe and South Africa will work together to find a common solution on the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) that are due to expire at the end of 2022, Africa Moyo of The Herald reports.
Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Ambassador Frederick Shava, said the expiry of the exemption permits "has been on the cards for some time" since South Africa
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