TAKE NOTE: Mall of Africa declared safe following bomb threat

MIDRAND – A complete evacuation is currently taking place at Mall of Africa today, 29 August.

August 29, 2018

Nikita Fernandes 1 minute read

5pm on Wednesday, 29 August:

Just after 4.30pm today, Wednesday 29 August, the management at the Mall of Africa issued a statement confirming that the mall was ‘declared safe and cleared for use’. Normal trading therefore resumed.

This follows after a bomb threat was reported earlier in the day and, according to the mall’s management, emergency response and evacuation procedures were immediately activated, and the mall was swept by the police and K9 bomb detection unit.

The mall management added, “We will continue to monitor any potential threats and are currently evaluating further security measures that may enhance our current procedures to ensure incidents of this nature do not reoccur.”

Read the full statement here:

Hi, please find attached the updated statement from Mall of Africa regarding the incident that occurred today. Regards, Mall of Africa Team pic.twitter.com/9clIwpQoFd

— Mall Of Africa (@TheMallOfAfrica) August 29, 2018

Earlier

A complete evacuation is currently taking place at Mall of Africa today, 29 August. Community members have taken to Twitter to report the situation.

Ward 132 councillor, Annette Deppe said, “Please steer clear of the Mall of Africa for the time being, due to a reported bomb threat. Emergency services are evacuating the mall and are trying to avoid traffic issues right now.”

The mall issued a statement which read:

“A bomb threat was reported to Mall of Africa Centre Management today, Wednesday 29 August. Emergency response and evacuation procedures were immediately activated. The South African Police Services’ K9 bomb detection unit and fire department were notified. The safety of our tenants and shoppers is paramount and we thank everyone for so swiftly and effectively implementing our established evacuation and emergency procedures.

“The mall is now closed until we have investigated the threat fully. We will update everyone affected when we have feedback from the officials on the scene.”

More information will be provided as details become available. If you have any further information regarding the incident at Mall of Africa, please tweet @Fourways_Review and @MidrandReporter

A partial evacuation also took place at Nelson Mandela Square but the scene has been cleared of any threat.

And then Mall of Africa?? We have to evacuate. 😰🤷🏽‍♀️ I’ve never ran to my car this much. 😬💃🏽

— Melindah T Nkambule (@MeliSizweRSA) August 29, 2018

Just walked into Mall of Africa to fetch my script from Clicks and was immediately told to evacuate the mall. I wonder what’s up?

— Madame Chuma D (@ChumaDick) August 29, 2018