DENIED TREATMENT IN SA, BROKEN HEALTH SYSTEM AT HOME

When Matilda Sibanda left Bulawayo for South Africa a decade ago, she hoped to escape Zimbabwe’s crumbling health system. Now 34, she finds herself trapped between two failing systems, unable to access care at home, and increasingly rejected abroad. “I expected to struggle for work… But being denied medical help when you’re sick? That’s inhumane.” Operation Dudula, launched in 2021, has