Calls for more data by government officials and political parties play a central role in current discussions and debates surrounding the utilisation of South Africa’s public healthcare system by citizens of other Southern African Development Community (SADC) states. However, many of those demanding additional data often overlook or misrepresent what already exists. This happens by inflating the number of SADC nationals living in South Africa; speculating about non-citizens who utilise the public healthcare system; and, suggesting that masses of people travel here for the sole purpose of accessing our healthcare system.
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[news/TV] eTV news – access to Covid-19 vaccines for asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in South Africa
[news/TV] SABC News – Vaccination of Undocumented Migrants & Asylum Seekers
[Radio interview] The call for vaccines for undocumented migrants
I spoke to Lester Kiewit on Cape Talk Radio about the need to ensure undocumented migrants are included in South Africa's Covid-19 vaccination roll-out.
Migrants & Covid-19, Newzroom Afrika, 20th December 2020
Newzroom Afrika is the following very closely the story of how migrant workers are heading home for these summer holidays. For more discussion on this, Ayanda Nyathi chats to Jo Vearey, Associate Professor with the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand.
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