Zimbos don’t want to burden SA’s health system

LIKE many people in Zimbabwe and elsewhere around the world, I recently watched a video of South African medical doctor Phophi Ramathuba, the Limpopo provincial Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health, as she spoke to a Zimbabwean patient seeking care in a hospital.

As I listened to my dear compatriot expressing gratitude to the MEC, I was filled with a deep sense of regret, sadness and rage.

Her vulnerability reminded us of the real impact of poor leadership on the lives and dignity of our people.

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