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What will Southern Africa’s migration landscape look like in 2050 if current climate trends continue, and how should policymakers prepare today?

Southern Africa’s Climate Migration in 2050: Preparing Health Systems Today Opening: A Changing Migration Horizon Imagine Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, in 2050. Urban sprawl is no longer driven solely by economic migration. Increasingly, people move because climate change has destroyed rural livelihoods. Rural communities in Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Mozambique face worsening droughts, failing crops, and water […]

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How is climate change reshaping migration patterns from rural to urban areas in South Africa’s Eastern Cape and Limpopo provinces?

Climate Change and Rural-Urban Migration: Health Policy Implications for South Africa’s Eastern Cape and Limpopo When the Land Runs Dry: The Human Face of Migration Thembisile’s Journey Thembisile, a 34-year-old mother of three from rural Limpopo, spent two decades cultivating maize and vegetables on her family’s land. Between 2020 and 2024, successive droughts destroyed her

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