IOL News reports that the Public Servants Association (PSA) wants an urgent meeting with court management after a bomb scare at the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday morning.

A number of court cases had to be halted following a bomb threat. Cases were also impacted at the Durban High Court, which is held at the Durban Magistrate’s Court. Various policing units, including the SAPS explosives and K9 units, were deployed to the scene to conduct a precautionary search and sweep after a caller claimed that there was a bomb in the building set to detonate at 10:30am. The team could not find any explosive devices and confirmed that the area was safe to re-enter. Addressing the crowd of staff and legal teams gathered in the parking lot, the PSA’s Mlungisi Ndlovu said an urgent meeting had to be convened between court management and the union. He said it was strange that the threat was made a day after PSA met with regional leadership at the Department of Justice over the state of the building. “This building is not safe. Some of the lifts don’t work, there are no clear signs about the services offered at the court. There was also an incident where a car was stolen,” he stated. Ndlovu further highlighted the need for safety protocols to be implemented in such scenarios, adding that if a fire were to break out at the court, there were no clear directives in place on what protocols should be adhered to.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Se-Anne Rall at IOL News

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