TimesLIVE reports that residents of Manenberg, Cape Town, are currently unable to use their municipal swimming pool as a result of an attack on lifeguards at the weekend.  

The staff were stoned, resulting in one lifeguard being injured.  It’s unclear at this stage what prompted the incident.  "This is extremely disappointing.  A few weeks ago, we also closed the pool after a staff member was attacked by a group of youths who tried to break through the fence," councillor Zahid Badroodien indicated.  While the situation was expected to be reassessed on Monday, she said the lives of workers would not be put at risk.  The incident followed an attack on firefighters in the city last week.  Executive director for safety and security Richard Bosman said fire damage was caused to the side entrance of the Gugulethu fire station as a result of a petrol bomb and that two window panes in one of the sectional doors were smashed.  The station was closed as a result of the incident, but reopened on Saturday.  "We are not sure about the motive for the attack, but it is not the first time that this has happened in Gugulethu," said Bosman.

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