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    ‘Google Maps led tourist into danger zone’

    Nov 11, 2023 4 minutes
    tourism
    mandilakhe.tshwete@inl.co.za

    GOOGLE Maps apparently directed an American tourist through one of the country’s most dangerous townships as he tried to drive from the airport to Simon’s Town, an incident that could threaten Cape Town’s tourist industry off the cliff.

    American tourist Walter Fischel was shot in the face in Nyanga soon after landing at the Cape Town International Airport last Friday, at 2pm.

    The navigation system in his rented car directed him to go through the township.

    Mayoral committee (Mayco) member for urban mobility Rob Quintas said mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Cape Town Tourism met Google Maps representatives recently to

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