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Blaming foreigners for poor social services is ‘scapegoating’

14 July 2026

South Africa’s struggling healthcare system is not caused by undocumented foreign nationals, according to experts.

Prof. Jo Vearey (ACMS): “It is not true that immigrants are the cause of SA’s healthcare problem. Blaming migrants for state failures is scapegoating.”

READ in The Citizen.

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