A post office was robbed of an undisclosed amount in cash during the pension grant payouts in Wakkerstroom, near Volskrust, in Mpumalanga on Friday morning, (2 February 2024).
Four armed suspects raided the post office and held the staff at gunpoint before forcefully opening a safe.
The robbers fled the scene with the undisclosed cash using two vehicles.
It was the second robbery on Friday in Mpumalanga in which armed robbers targeted a post office.
The Bulrushes reported that a post office in Mangweni near Malelane was robbed by two armed men on Friday (2 February 2024).
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Both suspects, one of them a paramedic, were arrested by the police just hours after the robbery.
Commenting on the Wakkerstroom post office robbery, Mpumalanga police spokesperson Colonel Donald Mdhluli said the police received a report of the incident and responded immediately.
Assisted by farmers in the Wakkerstroom area, the police managed to corner the four suspects.
“The four suspects were found in possession of a firearm with its serial numbers filed off as well as an undisclosed amount of cash believed to have been stolen earlier during the post office robbery,” Colonel Mdhluli.
“The suspects were then arrested and charged accordingly.
“The second vehicle believed to have also been used during the robbery was found abandoned in Wakkerstroom.
“The firearm as well as the vehicles were confiscated for further investigation.”
The suspects will appear at the Wakkerstroom Periodical Court on Monday, (5 February 2024).
They will face charges of business robbery and possession of unlicensed firearms.
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Also read: Vodacom Create SA’s First Smartphone Only Town, Wakkerstroom
Vodacom Mpumalanga Region partnered with BPG Langfontein, a farming business that employs the majority of the people living in Wakkerstroom in Mpumalanga province to create SA’s first smartphone only town. In September 2019, Vodacom deployed 3G and 4G sites in Wakkerstroom and later moved over 1500 farm workers from using 2G feature phones to 3G and 4G enabled smartphones.
In fact, Vodacom’s commitment to accelerate network coverage for people who live in Wakkerstroom has already yielded a great number of results.
Within months of Vodacom having moved farm workers in the area to faster 4G network, Wakkerstroom enjoys 100% internet access for all Vodacom customers and the area has seen a 40% increase in data usage.
Internet activity in the area has seen data traffic grow by 205% year on year, with data active customers increasing by 82%.
As a result, school-going kids can now access the internet for the first time and are using Vodacom e-School free of charge, whilst those who actively looking for jobs are using their smartphones to apply for jobs over the internet on Vodacom’s zero-rated platforms through Vodacom ConnectU. Those who used to travel long distances to do banking are doing this on their smartphones from the comfort of their homes.
“We are excited with the positive results in Wakkerstroom as this demonstrates that Vodacom has been successful in driving digital inclusion and adoption in the area. Our long-term vision, to have the widest and best network accessible to all South Africans, irrespective of where they live, started many years ago with substantial capital investments in our infrastructure,” Zakhele Jiyane, Managing Executive for Vodacom Mpumalanga, said.
