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S.Africa Must Tackle 'Xenophobic' Health Clinic Protests, ...
The Johannesburg High Court demands authorities prevent vigilante protests that block healthcare access for thousands, including vulnerable patients, amid high unemployment and anti-immigrant tensions.
- On Thursday, the Johannesburg High Court ordered officials to act to keep clinics open to all, instructing municipalities, the health department and the police to prevent protests blocking access.
- Operation Dudula formed in 2020 and expanded into military-styled actions, shutting foreign-owned shops and blocking migrant children from schools amid South Africa's unemployment around 32 percent.
- For months, protests at clinics in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal have included ID checks that deny care to non-South Africans; Doctors Without Borders said staff 'collaborated' with Operation Dudula at two clinics.
- Rights groups argued in court that authorities had not done enough to stop protests, with Judge Wilson warning 'Xenophobia is one of the greatest threats to democracy and human rights we presently face'.
- Amid a dim economic outlook, sporadic anti-immigrant violence has increased in recent years, with about 2.4 million immigrants fueling tensions and Lesufi urging the ANC to act before it's too late, as Operation Dudula channels public anger.
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S.Africa must tackle 'xenophobic' health clinic protests, court says
South African authorities must do more to tackle a spate of "xenophobic" protests aimed at blocking access to clinics and hospitals to undocumented foreigners, a court ruled on Thursday.
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