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Emergency numbers for Malabar
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In an emergency
10111SAPS police emergency
112Any emergency, from any cellphone
10177Ambulance (Emergency Medical Services)
041 585 1555Fire & rescue, Metro Police, after-hours disaster management (Nelson Mandela Bay)
0800 428 428Gender-Based Violence Command Centre, 24 hours. "Please call me": *120*7867#
075 798 4386Malabar Patrols WhatsApp: send SOS to alert the responders
Police: SAPS Gelvandale
Malabar is policed from SAPS Gelvandale, Gail Road, Gelvandale 6020. Use 10111 in an emergency; the station's numbers are for reporting and following up a case.
041 402 2002SAPS Gelvandale, client service centre (also 041 402 2019)
041 401 7007SAPS Gelvandale detectives (follow up a case)
08600 10111SAPS Crime Stop: anonymous tip-offs. Crime Line: SMS 32211
Helplines
116Childline South Africa (free, 24 hours)
0861 555 777Poisons Information Helpline
087 094 9774NSRI sea rescue emergency operations centre
Nelson Mandela Bay services
041 506 5595Electricity emergencies and outages
0800 20 5050Water, sewerage and other service faults (call centre)
041 402 1001Traffic department
041 501 7900Disaster management (office hours)
041 506 1911Metro switchboard
Sources, checked November 2026: Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality emergency numbers page (nelsonmandelabay.gov.za/emergency-numbers) for 10111, 112 and the metro numbers; Crime Hub (crimehub.org) for SAPS Gelvandale; South African Government (gov.za) for Crime Stop, Crime Line and the GBV Command Centre. The metro's lines can be busy: if one does not answer, use 112. Spotted a wrong number? Tell us.