Cape Town - A woman has been left traumatised after two knife-wielding men accosted her and her husband while strolling on Signal Hill.
She said they were walking around 5.30pm on Tuesday when the assailants tried to mug them.
The victim said the two young men demanded cellphones and money.
“We hadn’t heard of incidents on the Signal Hill Jeep track for a while. “On Tuesday when we were about to turn around, two young guys sitting there saw us, and they came at us,” the Tamboerskloof woman explained.
“One guy had a knife, he lunged at me and grabbed a silver choker around my neck and pushed me to the ground, and my husband started grappling with the other guy to keep him off us.
“Then the guy pulled out a knife and stabbed my husband in the shoulder.
“They then asked waar’s die goed (where is your stuff). They even made my husband take out his pockets to prove he had nothing. They backed off when they didn’t find anything.”
The couple then rushed to the nearest emergency room.
“At that time my husband was bleeding; we walked to our car and we drove to Mediclinic where he was treated.
“When the staff heard what happened, they were not shocked as they treated many patients who were attacked on Signal Hill.”
The victim said she will not go back to the mountain any time soon.
SANParks spokesperson, JP Louw, said they were aware of the incident and appealed to the victims to report the matter to the police.
Meanwhile on Friday, a 50-year-old woman was walking alone on a hiking trail when she was mugged by a lone man with a knife.
He robbed her of her wedding ring, four rings with her children’s names, and a Samsung S21 Ultra.
“On Friday evening 17 January at 5.30pm, I walked on the Lion's Head/ Signal Hill foothills.
“As I got to him, he looked straight at me, and in a fairly friendly voice he said, ‘Can I ask you to sit down?’.
“I said ‘No’ and tried to step past him with the purpose of running away.
“At this point, he grabbed my left wrist quite tightly and said, ‘I am telling you to sit down!’.
“I resisted doing so, as my initial thought was that he wanted to rape me, and so I didn’t want to get into a more vulnerable physical position.
“He started grabbing the bracelets on my wrists but then saw my rings and told me to take them off.”
Take Back Our Mountains’ Taahir Osman urged the trail community to avoid hiking alone or in small groups.
“The crime hotspots are primarily located on the lower slopes of Signal Hill, including areas such as Fresnaye, Bo-Kaap, and Tamboerskloof, extending to the Pipe Track, Deer Park, and Rhode Memorial.
“For updates on crime hotspots or to report any suspicious activity, please join our Table Mountain Security Alert WhatsApp group. Contact Taahir Osman at 073 624 4287 for more information.”