It is treacherous to drive here as cars are not only being stoned as they drive past, but are forced to drive over objects placed in the road, which damages the vehicle and makes them stop to check.
On Monday, a German tourist was shot dead at Numbi Road near Hazyview in Mpumalanga in an attempted hijacking.
Despite the national lockdown, many violent crimes have been on the rise in South Africa, and especially in parts of the Western Cape.
Tracker’s Vehicle Crime Index shows a decrease in hijackings across South Africa, but that doesn’t mean that we can let our guards down, especially in certain areas.
The murder of 44-year-old tourist Ivan Ivanov on Chapman’s Peak recently led to a massive public outcry. Thankfully, authorities seem to have listened.