We will crack down on looters and ATM bombers – Gauteng Premier David Makhura

Dennis TJuly 16, 2021

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Gauteng Premier David Makhura has warned that some of the people who looted ATMs at various malls in the province are well-trained and do so using heavy artillery.

Makhura was speaking after conducting a mop-up operation at the Tembisa Mall on Friday.
Tembisa Mall was one of the series of malls in Gauteng which fell prey to attacks since the outbreak of violent protests on Sunday.

In Gauteng, the initial protests broke out near the M2 highway and in the suburb areas of Denver, Jeppestown and informal settlements of KwaMai Mai – it soon spread out to other areas of Ekurhuleni – which forms part of Tembisa.

This morning we are in Tembisa Plaza for our clean-up drive. The drive forms part of our efforts, with business, to bring retail shops back into operation.

I would like to see the focus of arrests to be on organised gangs, whether political or otherwise. #CleanUpGauteng. pic.twitter.com/4u0dsSWaKu

— David Makhura (@David_Makhura) July 16, 2021

Tembisa is one of the highly populated areas of Ekurhuleni Metro Council under Mayor Mzwandile Masina. The attackers, armed with an assortment of weapons, destroyed various ATMs belonging to the major banking institutions in the country and situated in Tembisa mall.
According to Makhura, the attacks on the malls were a well-calculated moves, and the priority of the criminals was ATMs.

“Their modus operandi was to attack ATMs. ATMs were being cut through with heavy machinery. They used the equipment until they got to the loot. They then disappeared with the loot,” Makhura said.

He appealed to young people not to participate in the looting, saying his government was increasing its plans to create more job opportunities for them.

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