Categories: South Africa

GALLERY: New Year’s Eve in Hillbrow

Police technicians repair the lights on a Nyala before a patrol on New Years Eve in Hillbrow, Johannesburg on 31 December 2017. The police intensified their patrols across the city in order to ensure a safe transition into 2018. Picture: Yeshiel Panchiamore
Police Nyala's patrol in a convoy on New Years Eve in Hillbrow, Johannesburg on 31 December 2017. The police intensified their patrols across the city in order to ensure a safe transition into 2018. Picture: Yeshiel Panchiamore
An apartment fire is attended to by residents and police with blankets and water on New Years Eve in Hillbrow, Johannesburg on 31 December 2017. The police intensified their patrols across the city in order to ensure a safe transition into 2018. Picture: Yeshiel Panchiamore
Emergency Services volunteers attend to a taxi driver alleged to have crashed his taxi while drunk on New Years Eve in Hillbrow on 31 December 2017. Volunteer Emergency Service personnel were heavily utilised as many government EMT's had no overtime remaining due to working at the ANC's National Elective Conference. Picture: Yeshiel Panchiamore
Residents of Hillbrow pose for the camera on New Years Eve in Hillbrow, Johannesburg on 31 December 2017. The police intensified their patrols across the city in order to ensure a safe transition into 2018. Picture: Yeshiel Panchiamore
Police remove a the remains of a crashed taxi on New Years Eve in Hillbrow on 31 December 2017. The driver was alleged to have been drunk when the vehicle crashed, and was in a critical condition. Picture: Yeshiel Panchiamore
Two stabbing victims await Emergency Services on New Years Eve in Hillbrow, Johannesburg on 31 December 2017. The men were attacked by a group of 6 men without any known motivation. The suspects were later pursued but not caught. Picture: Yeshiel Panchiamore
A man viewing the scene of a stabbing is illuminated by a police officer's torch on New Year’s Eve in Hillbrow, Johannesburg on 31 December 2017. The men were attacked by a group of six men without any known motivation. The suspects were later pursued but not caught. Picture: Yeshiel Panchiamore
Police officers detain a man suspected to have participated in a stabbing on New Years Eve in Hillbrow, Johannesburg on 31 December 2017. The man pursued was later found to simply have run from police because he was drunk. Picture: Yeshiel Panchiamore



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By Yeshiel Panchia