As the festive season draws closer, some people are inclined to keep or carry large sums of money.
Police are warning against this.
“Citizens should consider options that are lower risk like to carry as little cash as possible and consider making use of cellphone banking and internet transfers to pay accounts or ATMs to do the banking,” says police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele.
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Stokvel groups are especially warned not to keep large sums of money at their homes.
This comes after a stokvel club was robbed by armed men in Umbumbulu. Four people were injured and one person later died.
Tips to avoid being a victim of cash robberies
• 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 recognizable 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.
• Transfer stokvel money into members accounts from the bank or through internet banking.
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