– A gang of armed men dressed in PPE gear robbed a pension pay point
– The incident took place in Pietermarizburg on Wednesday morning
– South Africans were shocked and outraged over the robbery and expressed their views online
A group of armed men, who were dressed in PPE gear, robbed a pension pay point at the Checkers supermarket at the Scottsville Mall on Wednesday morning, IOL reported.
The thugs reportedly made off with more than R200 000 and managed to get access to the pay point by pretending to be Covid-19 screeners.
Pensioners lined up outside the pay point to collect their money at the time of the robbery. The entire incident went off without a single gun shot or injury reported.
No shots were fired and no injuries were reported.
Meanwhile, pensioners have been advised to collect their monies at other facilities as the supermarket will not be making any pension payouts on Wednesday.
Police are investigating further.
Meanwhile, investigations are still under way after PPE destined for three KZN districts went missing earlier this week.
Items valued at millions of rands, which were due to be delivered to circuit offices and schools in the Pinetown, uMlazi and Zululand districts, have “gone missing”.
MEC for Education in KZN, Kwazi Mshengu expressed shock and dismay and called for an investigation into the matter.