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Cape Town 10111 outage fuels fresh concern over emergency call system

IOL · 02 September 2026 at 18:00

Cape Town 10111 outage fuels fresh concern over emergency call system

Cape Town’s SAPS 10111 emergency line was offline for several hours on Wednesday before being restored shortly after 14:00.

Residents were directed to the City’s emergency centre as the outage revived concerns about the reliability of the policing hotline.

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