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SABC News reports that the Public Servant Association (PSA) has called for immediate steps to improve security measures at clinics in Umlazi in the south of Durban.
This after a vehicle was hijacked at gunpoint at K Clinic last week. PSA’s KwaZulu-Natal manager, Mlungisi Ndlovu said the incident left staff traumatized and afraid to report for duty. Ndlovu indicated that this was not the first incidence of violent crime at clinics in Umlazi, which was causing staff to arrive late because they parked at big hospitals where security was better there and then walked to work. “The PSA calls for the immediate temporary closure in particular on these affected clinics like K Clinic until communities are able to work with SAPS, work with the department in providing solution because we believe that the department alone cannot be able to deal with the issues of crime. We need the police to be more visible but the community must be in charge,” Ndlovu stated. Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane said healthcare facilities, especially those in Umlazi, being targeted by criminals was a long-standing problem and efforts to work with the police and eThekwini Metro Police have had limited success.
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