Cape Town – Patients who depend on Gugulethu Community Health Clinic say they are too frightened to visit the clinic because robbers terrorise them there and steal their valuables and medicines.
They say they have long been aware that they risk being mugged outside the clinic, but the situation has deteriorated with criminals now even attacking people inside it.
Last week, trainee UCT physiotherapists were robbed while waiting for their transport outside the clinic at the neighbouring Thembalethu Special Needs School. The women fled into the clinic, chased by armed men who snatched their cellphones and handbags.
Police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk said: “We can confirm that there was a robbery outside the clinic, and the police are investigating. No arrests had been made so far.”…
South Africa Today – South Africa News – Cape Town
