Two GroundUp_News reporters were hijacked and robbed in Philippi, Cape Town, on Friday, at the corner of Govan Mbeki Road and Amsterdam Street.
Ashraf Hendricks and Mary-Anne Gontsana were caught in traffic returning to GroundUp's offices after covering the Phefumla Annual Festival, an arts event in the streets outside Philippi Village, when three young men forced their way into Hendricks' car. Two men targeted Hendricks, and the other Gontsana.
While at the station, Hendricks and Gontsana were told there had been three hijackings in the area that day. They saw an Uber driver, head bleeding and shoeless, giving his statement - a requested ride had turned out to be an ambush.Eastern Cape cop in court over robbing loan shark of 98 cards, cash and kidnapping her brothers
GroundUp asked the constable, who was taking the statements, if we could make copies. This request was denied. We then asked the constable to speak to the station commander. However, we were told he was unavailable, as he was at the mall. Fortunately another officer told the constable"the complainant has a right to a copy of their statement" and we were allowed to proceed to take photos of the statements.
No case number was forthcoming. We were told the police station's computer system was offline, apparently due to load shedding.
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