A woman who had been standing on the roof of the Sandton City Mall since early on Friday morning and threatening to jump off was taken to a place of safety in the afternoon.
The mall said she was now in the “care of her family”.
The woman had been on top of the building for hours on Friday, with emergency teams trying to dissuade her from jumping.
Someone trying to commit suicide at Sandton city, she has been on top there for over 2 hours pic.twitter.com/MD6ahhLjMw
— Constable Fox (@constable_fox) June 3, 2022
Emergency services, security officers, and the South African Anxiety and Depression Group (SADAG) were at the scene.
SADAG said it had activated emergency response teams.
Sandton City said it is operating as normal after the woman was removed from the property, and access to the mall on Alice Lane would soon be reopened. The road had earlier been closed by emergency services.
The mall had earlier tweeted that a “distressed individual is threatening to jump from the building”.
Although Sandton City said it was aware of the woman at 9:45am, eyewitnesses said the woman could be seen on top of the building from as early 7:30am.
Sandton City added that access to the mall on Alice Lane had been restricted as the road was closed.
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