The Witness reports that a group of heavily armed private security officers blockaded the main entrance to Townhill Hospital’s admin block in Pietermaritzburg on Monday.

Demanding to see the hospital’s chief director for infrastructure, the guards blocked entry and exit to the area. “This revolves around non-payment for services rendered to the department, and the service provider was left with a huge bill,” said a source. When The Witness arrived at the scene on Monday around lunch time, heavily armed security guards were seen both inside and outside the hospital gates. They declined to speak to reporters. A single police van was seen in the vicinity monitoring the situation. Pietermaritzburg police spokesperson Sergeant Sifiso Gwala said no incident report had yet been filed with the police.

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