JOHANNESBURG - A clinic in Rosettenville in the south of Johannesburg is allegedly turning away foreign nationals.
However, the management is denying such allegations and says they are attending to everyone walking into the health facility.
Some of the alleged foreign nationals in the queues say they have been waiting for assistance since Monday.
Pregnant women and mothers with babies have been turned away by community members in support of the alleged action.
They say that the people coming to the clinic do not have legal documentation and cannot use the services.
The foreign nationals deny this.
Meanwhile in KwaZulu-Natal reports have surfaced that Illegal Somalians and Ethiopians have been shot at by police, after they attacked a March and March member.
They're also alleging to have attacked South African police,demanding free healthcare at Addington Hospital in KwaZulu Natal.
Department of Health Spokesperson Foster Mohale says they are aware of the tensions in Rosettenville. But notes that this is not an isolated.
He has condemned this action saying no one has the right to prevent anyone from accessing health care.
"Everyone who happens to be in the country is protected by a number of prescripts including Section 27 of the constitution including the National Health Act, the refugee act,' he says.
While there are claims that those seeking health services are illegal in the country, Mohale says while they condemn such actions of those who enter the country illegally no one has the right to take the law into their own hands.
This he says is to respect the laws of the country.
"If you prevent certain people from accessing health care because of their nationality that is going to go against our efforts as a country to prevent wider spread of diseases," he warned.