An American tourist who was shot in the face and robbed in November 2023 while driving in one of South Africa’s crime hotspots has said he will sue vehicle rental company Avis and Google Maps. Walter Fischel accuses Google Maps of suggesting a shortcut that passed through Nyanga, the crime-ridden zone in Cape Town, South Africa’s oldest city and legislative capital. Unidentified people attacked him and robbed him of the rented vehicle. “Before I came to Cape Town, Google Maps had already known Nyanga was a problem area yet it was still put on the route map,’ Fischel told News24. ‘I am absolute…
