10111 inundated by prank calls

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Channel: Eyewitness News · 2012 · News & Politics

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Emergency call centre operators are forced to deal with a barrage of nuisance calls daily. The Western Cape police's latest statistics put the percentage of genuine complaints to its 10111 call centre at a mere 34 percent, forcing them to try and stem the tide of nuisance and non-emergency calls. Aletta Gardner reports.

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