Wits vice-chancellor Adam Habib mugged in Braamfontein
The robbery has put a spotlight on the string of muggings experienced by students in the Wits campus vicinity.
Vice Chancellor Prof Adam Habib is pictured, 29 October 2015, at the Senate House at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, during a meeting with campus staff and students about the outsourcing of workers on campus. Picture: Alaister Russell
Wits University vice-chancellor Professor Adam Habib on Thursday said he was robbed of his cellphone in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
Taking to Twitter, Habib warned his followers on the social network to be careful when walking in the area populated by students after he said he was robbed by “a guy in red sweater who jumped into [a] black car”.
Please be careful not to walk in Braam while on a phone. I stupidly did so and was mugged by a guy in red sweater who jumped into black car.
— Adam Habib (@AdHabb) July 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/OndelaBidli/status/890686485678235650
@CityofJoburgZA & @MbalulaFikile #WanyaTsotsi
Please we need more police presence all street corners of Jhb— JBLeaves🍃 (@tumeloJMatlhar) July 28, 2017
Crime is out of hand.Criminals have seized the streets.From muggings to car hijack to cash in transit robberies to heists.SAPS overwhelmed.
— Mametja Matome Elvis…((mokone)) (@MametjaE) July 28, 2017
Adam Habib was mugged in Braam by a "guy in red sweater" who "jumped into car". Sad event any day, but it's Habib, so, the COMMENTS.
— Floydrizio Ruzinho (@CadreFloyd) July 27, 2017
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