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How Post-Apartheid SADC Migration Transforms South African Cities

A Health Systems Perspective When Numbers Tell Human Stories Mariam arrived in Johannesburg from Zimbabwe in 2021. She was seven months pregnant. At the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, she waited six hours before healthcare workers asked for her documentation. They spoke in isiZulu and seTswana—languages she didn’t understand. Eventually, staff members told her […]

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