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In April the Gauteng high court ruled that pregnant women and children under six years old must have access to free public health services irrespective of nationality and documentation status.
Priscilla Tumira from Zimbabwe thinks she is eight months pregnant, but she has not had any prenatal healthcare. Without valid documents, Tumira says, staff at Jeppe and Hillbrow clinics in Johannesburg refused her registration for prenatal care.