As tensions run high between land protesters and the City of Cape Town law enforcement units, health centres in Khayelitsha have been caught in the crossfire, with yet another Covid-19 health facility damaged. An ambulance paramedic was injured.
condemning an attack on a Dial-A-Ride vehicle — part of a City initiative to assist people with disabilities — in Khayelitsha. Two passengers and a driver were injured when the vehicle was stoned.also reported that four Emergency Medical Services teams were attacked on 20 July. One of the teams had a patient in their ambulance at the time of the attack in Khayelitsha.
“I don’t know what the government can do, but they must do something. We are not safe in Khayelitsha with all these protests and land issues.”In the same week, the City learnt that firefighters on their way to tackle a fire in Khayelitsha were surrounded and their vehicle stoned. Although the vehicle was damaged and will be out of commission until it can be repaired, the firefighters were not seriously injured.
A meeting was due to take place on Monday 27 July between Khayelitsha non-profit organisations, including the Khayelitsha Health Forum, and ward councillors to determine how to protect health services and facilities during the protests. However, according to Ndibongo, the meeting was postponed due to aKhayelitsha residents at the meeting on land they want to occupy in Mfuleni.
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