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EWN reports that the City of Cape Town has warned that tourism jobs may be on the line if nothing is done about criminality, especially around tourist attractions.
This follows the muggings of three trail runners during the RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town 160km race on Table Mountain over the weekend. Recently, there has been a rise in attacks in the national park and foreign tourists have also been victims of violent crime in the city. The City stressed that attacks on tourists were not more significant than attacks on locals, but it warned that the jobs of thousands of Capetonians who worked in the tourism sector might come under threat if crime tarnished the destination's reputation. In response to the latest Table Mountain muggings of three trail runners, the metro maintained it was not a reflection on the management and safety of events hosted in the city. The belongings of the runners have been traced and recovered in Ocean View, but the suspects are still at large. The city has blamed the justice system for the rise in attacks, saying recently paroled criminals were out to destabilise law and order.
- Read the original of the report in the above regard by Melikhaya Zagagana at EWN
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