DON’T carry large sums of cash – that’s the warning from Provincial SAPS spokesman, Captain Nqobile Gwala, who advised people to consider lower risk options like carrying as little cash as possible and making use of cellphone banking and internet transfers to using ATMs to do banking.
To help minimise the chances of becoming a victim of a robbery, police have released the following guidelines:
· Alternate the days and times on which you deposit cash.
· Refrain from making cash deposits.
· Never make your bank visits public, even to people close to you.
· Do not openly display the money you are depositing while you are standing in the bank queue.
· Avoid carrying money bags, briefcases or openly displaying your deposit receipt book.
· It’s advisable to identify another branch nearby that you can visit to ensure that your banking pattern is not easily recognisable or detected.
· If the amount of cash you are regularly depositing is increasing as your business grows, consider using the services of a cash management company.
· Refrain from giving wages to your contract or casual labourers in full view of the public, rather make use of wage accounts that can be provided by your bank.
· Refrain from driving to the bank in your company branded vehicle on a typical ‘pay day’.
· Consider arranging for electronic transfers of wages to your contract or casual labourers’ personal bank accounts.
