Amid the wave of xenophobic attacks and deadly violence that has heightened the tension between SA and its trading partners in the rest of Africa, KwaZulu-Natal’s health department published a circular last week banning the recruitment of foreign doctors.

The department said it wants to make space for newly qualified locals who are returning from training in Cuba...

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