A gang of heavily armed thieves stormed a jewellery store in the East Rand Mall in Boksburg yesterday, running off with a bag full of gold and diamonds worth millions of rand.
At least six suspects, many of whom were armed, entered a Vodacom store in a Durban mall over the weekend.
A gang of about 15 suspects stormed the mall to bag some loot, brandishing AK-47s and pistols.
A gang of 10 carrying guns broke the windows of a jewellery shop at Westville Mall yesterday morning, marking yet another KwaZulu-Natal mall robbery.
The suspects allegedly went into May’s Pharmacy in Melville, pretending to be customers before robbing the daylights out of the store.
A video shows around seven suspects trying to smash the door of a store in Durban’s Gateway Theatre of Shopping mall early on Sunday morning before making off with a couple of PlayStations.
Smash-and-grabs at malls and high-end stores are not just a South African thing. In fact, America is experiencing a particularly bad “wave” right now.
A gang targeted a cash-in-transit (CIT) vehicle earlier today at Mall@55 in Centurion, with one suspect dying during a gunfight.
One feels the manager at a Spur in Worcester is going to be getting a serious talking to regarding what went down under his watch. He thought this was a good idea how?
Mall robberies seem to be all the trend in South Africa. I wonder if JZ will address the issue in his SoNA? He probably should, if only to save the kids in the play area.
What do you do when you know you’re about to get robbed? Ring the police and wait for them to arrive. And wait. And wait.