News24 reports that the three men accused of robbing paramedics in Khayelitsha on 27 December will stay behind bars until 10 March, for a formal bail application, the Khayelitsha Magistrate's Court ruled on Friday.  

As the three men were led into the dock, they were startled by the contingent of emergency services workers who had filled up the courtroom in support of their colleagues.  It was a demonstration of their frustrations, after close to 100 robberies and attacks were perpetrated against emergency workers last year.  In the latest robbery, the paramedics were treating a patient in Khayelitsha when they were accosted by two of the men.  The third was arrested for being in possession of stolen items.  The Health and Other Services Personnel Trade Union of SA’s (Hospersa’s ) Michael Serelina praised police for the swift arrest and recovery of the stolen items.

• Read this report by Jenni Evans in full at News24
• See too, Health trade union opposes ambulance robbers' bail, eNCA
• Read Hospersa’s press statement in this regard at SA Labour News

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