News24 reports that two City of Cape Town staff members were held at gunpoint, hijacked and robbed while working in Philippi East on Sunday – months after a similar experience in the same area.

The staff members work for the City's sewer depot, according to Mayco member for water and waste, Zahid Badroodien. A double cab bakkie along with all the staff members’ belongings, including cellphones, wallets and anything valuable they had with them, were stolen. “Our staff are extremely traumatised and had to call the senior superintendent to pick them up to take them to the Philippi police station," Badroodien said. The same team was held up by six armed men a few months ago in the same area. Badroodien indicated: “The City will not put the lives of our staff at risk by allowing them to go into well-known hotspot communities. If there is no law enforcement or protection services accompaniment, our staff will not respond to service requests as for them to do so puts their life at risk.”

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nicole McCain at News24

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