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Immigrants must be given health care even if undocumented, health department confirms – News from GroundUp

15 March 2021 By Port Elizabethan

Immigrants must be given health care even if undocumented, health department confirms: A number of immigrants in Makhanda say they were denied health care
Source: GroundUp News.

“I gave up when they told me that I wouldn’t be able to write matric without an ID book”: People who find themselves stateless in South Africa struggle to rectify their situation
Source: GroundUp News.

Home Affairs bureaucracy: Woman can’t get an ID or register her child’s birth: Tashreeqa Isaacs’s life is mired in red tape because of an error that happened 18 years ago
Source: GroundUp News.

Mud school has one broken toilet for 175 learners and staff: Four grades share one classroom at Centane primary school
Source: GroundUp News.

Leading research institute says there should be no new trials of hydroxychloroquine for Covid: The drug has failed to prevent or treat the disease, and it has lots of side-effects
Source: GroundUp News.

GroundUp is an independent news agency whose articles are made available for republication, usually under a Creative Commons license, to news publications. GroundUp reports news that is in the public interest, with an emphasis on the human rights of vulnerable communities and want their stories to make a difference.

GroundUp encourages and values high-quality, ethical journalism.

GroundUp started in April 2012 as a joint project of Community Media Trust and the University of Cape Town’s Centre for Social Science Research.

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This author is a 'catch-all' for occasional articles and letters written to MyPE. The Author of each article can be found in the signature at the bottom of each individual article.

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