Cities see surge in attacks and extortion demands at clinics in townships, leaving patients and staff vulnerable Cities see surge in attacks and extortion demands at clinics in townships, leaving patients and staff vulnerable T he three gunmen showed up just 10 minutes after the security guards had arrived for the early morning shift. Tshiamo Nere* admits he was “frozen” with shock and could only stare as the men aimed their weapons at him and two colleagues at Khayelitsha’s Town Two clinic in