The attack was one of many car-jackings in Philippi and Nyanga this past week
Two GroundUp reporters were hijacked and robbed in Philippi, Cape Town, on Friday, at the corner of Govan Mbeki Road and Amsterdam Street.
Left with no money, they sought help from nearby bystanders. They were given a lift to Nyanga police station by a “good Samaritan” who had witnessed the attack. On arriving at the police station, the reporters called GroundUp’s offices, and two other GroundUp employees went to collect them. While Gontsana and Hendricks were giving their statements, another person arrived at the station to report that they too had been hijacked. The police officer taking this statement told this driver that “they definitely have a target for today”.
Outside the police station, GroundUp counted at least twenty police vehicles, most designated as “visible policing”, empty and idle in the parking lot and surrounding streets. Inside, police were coming and going with almost no sense of urgency. The roads around the police station were chaotic.
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