Festive season safety | Gauteng EMS already overwhelmed

JOHANNESBURG - The festive season has just begun and Gauteng Emergency Services are already overwhelmed.

The service says there's been a drastic increase in calls in the first eight days.

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It's had to deal with up to 100 stabbings per night.

Gauteng EMS Communications Deputy Director, JP Von Benecke, says assaults and other violence increase dramatically during the festive season.