A patrol car of the South African Police Service provides escort to an ambulance with the Southern Division paramedic at Mitchells Plain EMS base intervening during a night shift duty in the Philippi township, Cape Town, within the broader Cape Flats area, on April 15, 2025. Cape Town’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) refuses to allow its medical crews to move without security cover when they operate in Red Zones.
(Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP)