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News24 reports that a City of Cape Town employee was held at gunpoint and then left stranded when his vehicle was hijacked and set alight in Delft on Thursday.
The driver from the parks and recreation services department's standby team was travelling to fetch eight members of his team in Mfuleni when he was hijacked at gunpoint by two men. After robbing him of his belongings, the gunmen then chased him out of the vehicle and proceeded to pour petrol on it and set it on fire. The truck was valued at around R580,000 and was carrying equipment worth R100,000. The driver had to make his way from the scene to his workplace in Maitland and then reported the incident to the police. The other staff members were left stranded without transport to work in the areas planned for the day. "[On Thursday], the team would have spent the day doing tree maintenance, root pruning and mowing of greenbelts and parks in Langa, Pinelands, Thornton, Maitland and Epping. Service delivery to those areas will now be delayed for at least two weeks while a replacement vehicle is sourced and resources are reallocated within the area," said mayoral committee member for community services and health Zahid Badroodien. Trauma counselling and days off have been made available to the driver to recover from the incident.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nicole McCain at News24
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