The Western Cape High Court has been declared safe following a bomb scare earlier today (Thursday 6 October). 

Officers responded to the scene following a complaint of a bomb threat at the court received by the police’s radio control room. 

WO Joseph Swartbooi, provincial police spokesperson, says the building was evacuated while the provincial explosives unit, assisted by handlers of the Provincial K9 unit, entered the building in search of “suspicious parcels or objects”. 

Swartbooi says: “We can confirm that the building has been declared safe for business as usual.”