President Cyril Ramaphosa has conceded that Limpopo health MEC Phophi Ramathuba could have raised 'in another way' the matter of the strain on the province's health system caused by undocumented immigrants.
Ramaphosa said challenges around migration required a balance and foreigners could not be elevated at the expense of South Africans.
“That balance has to be there and for us the first prize is to look after our own people and make sure their rights are not ignored — but at the same time those who come here [must] have their rights respected,” Ramaphosa said.
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