South Africa's cash-in-transit highway robberies - BBC Africa
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- Опубликовано: 24 янв 2024
- The tale of security men fighting violent crime, from murders, to car hijackings to cash-in-transit van robberies in South Africa.
Violent crime is soaring in South Africa, with murder rates at a 20-year high. One very dangerous job in the country is that of security guard of vans carrying money.
Reporter: Daniel De Simone
Producer: Ed Habershon
Filmed: Christian Parkinson
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I’m not from South Africa but when murder is at a 20 year high and your minister of police says you’re on a ‘little bit’ of a back foot, he might be underestimating the problem.
Incompetent us what he is.. Useless
he what is commonly referred to as a "poes" or puss
this is common is every sub-African countries@@colleenbrookes-gain6662
😂he is a useless fool and he been notorious for downplay statistics he only in it through connection and for cash his salary which is between 2.1m to 3m. excluding theft/corruption which half our minister do anyways also he is the reason why we have police with criminal records yes it was 5k last yr and 4 to 6k the year before that they found had criminal records of which he approved the people in charge of recruiting some also with records. also 30 percent failed their gun tests in training 😂 we are a commie 🍌 country
He is part of the gangs, gets money etc from the criminals, just super corrupt.
In South Africa, you pay taxes that get stolen by the cANCer (ANC ruling party). Then you hire private companies to do the government jobs - security, medical, schools, everything. Everything you must get done by private enterprise, and pay for it. We pay taxes twice.
Couldn't have said it better
Hey Tjaka, hoe gaan dit met Grove
Most democratic government rule countries are experiencing this at the moment and it's getting worst by the day .
Welcome to the political Right. We've been expecting you.
Then leave!
This is what happens when you have a government of criminals, for criminals, staff by criminals. A large portion of the police have criminal records and they are frequently found to be involved in these types of crimes. The great part of these robberies, are that the robbers very seldom use the money wisely, instead spending most of it on alcohol.
No wealth acquired via criminal enterprise is ever used wisely. No matter how cool headed they are, it always turns out badly.
and shoes! (see Home Invasion, by Rudolf Zinn 👌
Communists hell bent on collapsing the free market and looting treasury along the way until they are Oligarchs
The level of incompetence of the ANC is mind boggling...
Go back to western Europe i heard they are doing well economically 😂😂
Even in a corrupt and criminal country there are still good people doing regular jobs trying to maintain some stability. These security guards are national heroes. Without them going to work the country would collapse.
YES, THEY STOOD UP AGAINST APARTHEID ISRAEL.
The society.
there are maybe only a handful ones yes, but at least 99 % of the cops in SA are themselves corrupt, as how many times when these groups are caught there's a cop involved and most of the R5 being used in these acts are either "stollen" or given to them by a cop, and the control room workers are 100 % involved by giving out the information of the said days route going to be used, as how do they know where the vehicle is going to be at that moment
Bitcoin literally fixes all of this.
@@SatoshiShintoMe to much cash money is still floating around in the country,
Worst police minister EVER!
Bheki Cele is doing a poor job as a police minister but the worst police minister was Adriaan Johannes Vlok the apartheid police minister that was the Worst Ever.
@@mntuthambokie5476 What? Did you not see the stats? 27000 murders a year, this is the highest crime rate in the history of South-Africa. I don't even know who Adriaan Johannes Vlok is, and I don't care, he was obviously doing a better job than this guy. These idiots were arresting surfers during covid, they will never be able to reduce crime, the truth is that the criminals are way smarter than the police minister. Remember they also lowered the standards to become a police officer, just like they lowered standards in schools, only need 30% to pass, this is what you get for degrading everything.
he drives the getaway car
lol you can see corruption written all over his face😂😂😂😂
When your police minister looks like a 1970s pimp you know the game is up.
*Pretty hard to tackle criminals when the largest group of criminals are ruling your country*
They rule most of the world....
We can't even buy nice cars these days because extortion will come knocking
Criminals run the world; you know the ones in suits and ties, live in the suburbs, are well educated, and run corporations.
🤣
sounds like Canada.
So a Helicopter follows all the way ... and nobody say lets put the money in the helicopter ?
LOOOL what a clever reply,, and so true.
I was just wondering the same
"Hey Steve"
yeah?
"do you want to fly off to another country with 1 million in cash as we are in the air and no one can stop us"
Sure.
We experience this almost everyday in South Africa. Robbers/Hijackers are working with Police, sadly!!!
Just like that serial killer who was a policeman
In Britain we get stabbed for walking on the wrong side of the pavement.
england *
😂😂everyday?
@Shaka-Spear Mate, things ain't anywhere near as bad as SA! The only place that could even be considered close is some real rough parts of London. And even then all you gonna see is hunting knives, shit sawn offs, chawed from farmers, and converted starting pistols that are likely to blow up in your hand
The violent crime in SA is the result of the ANC being more interested in corruption than looking after citizens. Hats off to those policeman and security companies who is upholding our laws.
where are the police??
no it's not it's the culture
only a handful cops are honest
And you'll see people trying to claim SA is a safe place
@@ngonzales3781 those who do are idiotic
South Africa out here making Chicago look like Disney World.
You don't even know half of it.
😂
There seems to be a common thread running through both of the total collapses of so-called "Zimbabwe" and South Africa. What ever could it be?!
Remember cavemen offspring were dying because they lacked basic sanitary practices and traveled to Africa to learn. When they arrived they saw how prosperous Africa was and over the course of centuries used their animalistic savage ways to systematically destroy it. Now the cavemen offspring say "look what they've done" after centuries of their caveman made destruction.
You're not supposed to notice things.
Capitalism?....what?
When you realize the evil white colonizers were the ones that kept you fed
Incompetent government and stupid rulers
Hats off to these security guys, balls of steel mates!!
Yeah respect..I couldn't imagine just to survive. JESUS IS COMING SOON WE SHOULD LIVE LIKE THIS NOT RIGHT ..WE DESERVE PEACE AND GOD WILL RESTORE THAT ..IN JESUS'S NAME
No. Just poor men doing what they have to do to provide.
And the president is worrying about Israel and Palestine???
Speaks volumes..
Why are you assuming that the government of the RSA can't fight both evil at the same time?
@@ishagaoumarou8007 they obviosly cant. They are just chasing clout.
Maybe they should mind their internal business and take care of their citizens first instead of venturing into an affairs thousands of miles away from them.@@ishagaoumarou8007
@@ishagaoumarou8007 They can't, these never could, and never will.
As someone that travels there often I can assure you that everyone and anyone holding a government job, from police to post office, is on the take. EVERYONE. A level of corruption you have to witness to believe.
Proudly brought to you by the ANC
I would say proudly brought by the CODESA negotiations which saw you people keep a lions share of stolen property, this is what you get when you are greedy and want to eat alone and others suffer
@@ndwandwewasendwedwe7964 Shame. You people were given a working country and managed to F it up. Well done you.
@@MrSnicklesnickle When you people came here you found people living without any problems than hell broke lose. And how can you "give" something that is not yours, we took what belongs to us, you didn't give us. You people are hallucinating, you really think we owe you
@@ndwandwewasendwedwe7964 so what do you want? back to straw huts, no running water or electricity? because that is the way it is going
@@MrSnicklesnickle Given? Hey we didn't ask for you to come here. And the country was only working for you. You have no experience of running a country for the whole populace
'There are things that have happened that have put us on the backfoot'. Yes, like dismantling South Africa's elite police units and giving operational command to people who don't deserve a mop job.
The same elite units used to terrorize the black community?
That performed renditions, tortures & extra judicial killings, you miss them??
I was referring to the Special Task Force, which was a tier one special force comparable to the British SAS and the American delta force. The men who served in it were first-rate operators - the finest Africa has produced - and specialised in counter-terrorism. You can read about their operations online. You can also read about what happened to best people in the unit: they were all, down to a man, driven out of the service by the ANC's usual mixture of corruption, nepotism and criminal negligence. Most ended up in the US working in private security and earning twenty times what they could in South Africa. I assume you will regard this as a 'victory' for the 'liberators', but these men had skills and competencies that South Africa has never replaced. Driving them away destroyed the capacity of the state to deal with the criminality that now cripples our country.
FYI the Special Task Force remains to this day. Its most notable recent 'operation' was the senseless massacre of the Marikana miners - an operation planned, led, and executed by black police, who were more than happy to terrorise the black community on the bidding of the corrupt president-in-waiting. Will shed a tear for these victims? Or do they have the right skin colour to get a free pass? @@bonganimkhwanazi2081
@@bonganimkhwanazi2081and this is why nothing gets done in SA. Can’t say anything bad about them without the other side going ‘b-b-but Apartheid!’
Nothing but one dimensional criminals trying to justify why it’s okay for them to be a criminal.
@davesmith826 Yaas that one cannot reply 👏 always looking at the splinter in the next person's eye not noticing the log in their own eyes.
@@bonganimkhwanazi2081 lol…the “black community”. The social divisions in South Africa are more tribal and cultural affiliations than skin color. Oh, and this group you call the “black community” is preyed upon without mercy by the other parts of the “black community”
Totally messed up! Beautiful Country that needs to face these things.
BBC helped make this mess with there influnce.
Ghana might be struggling economically, but we aren't being murdered like animals❤
Feel sorry for every resident in this hellhole
People don’t die in Ghana 😒
@@pappystoner People do... But very little from Homicides
Because there is nothing to steal or loot in Ghana.
The fact that Minister of Police Bheki Cele was not forced to step down after the 2021 Riots basically makes him untouchable within the ANC. The murder rates have not been this high since before 2003.
Ah lovely South Africa, what a success story!
Yes I’m sure they are happy the 👋🏿 are in charge 😂
@jxx3211 Considering there werent as many genocides before the europeans showed up, yes.
Thanks to the rest of the world for putting the apartheid regime under so much pressure to hand over the country to blacks, an now call the country a third-world country,
Almost as successful as Zimbabwe.
....guess the common denominator of these two once-prosperous nations!
@@ph8077 was ruled by white people
we need a full Documentary
Tainted Heroes on RUclips great documentary
We need a full democracy.......
I need a longer version of this video or even a tv show.
I'm just glad everyone is having a great time
Oo how many times I have heard that line.
SA is real almost everyone I know there has been mugged
I know one guy whos been robbed there 17 times
not high
the smart ones leave!@@macclift9956
@@macclift995675 roundabout
International court should investigate why south africal is not protecting money transist
It should investigate why south Africa is not protecting its civilians, life is more valuable that paper boetie.
Please don't be anti semitic
Bheki Cele probably organises these heists
Man that guard sound wise and brave best dialogue I've ever seen
Our police minister uses words like "maybe" & phrases like "little bit of backfoot"...
While 27000 people are killed yearly😮
Watch out or it will be 27001.
Absolute clown
It's like Gaza here every year
One just happened yesterday in the busy Durban city centre. This is part of everyday life in the "new South Africa".
and now black people call it FRRRRREDOM
How doo you guys live on q daily basis and get on with your lives? Isn't it stressful
, is bad in the country, around 75 people get murdered daily in the country, not to speak about the daily not having water, the black mafia has taken over the water supply so that thy can ride water on in tankers to make money, then there's also the load-shedding of power for up to 4 hours a day no electricity, last year close to 700 white farmers was murdered, this is why so many educated white people have let the country, and this all due to the rest of the world supporting the anti-apartheid movement those years so that the white government can be brought to the knees, in 2023 3 German tourist were murdered, the one German man of 23 body still has not be found at Cape Town, the corruption and fraud is bad, when one phones the police they maybe come out and that's if thy answer the telephone ,, the 10111 emergency telephone system has not been working for years as the company who runs it stopped it due to non-payment,
27,000 murders is insane for a population of almost 60 million and for a country quite small in per square km
Please make a full documentary!!! I am so craving to watch more
You would expect murder rates to fluctuate over different years, let's 18000 one year and maybe 32000 the following year, 15000 the next, but if you look at the crime stats the figure is fairly constant year on year, almost like a quota is being fulfilled. Those trends, hey.
Someone is making some good money.
RIAANNEL....since 1995/1996...the murder rate had been a constant 18000 - 20000 per year....in the last 5 years we are looking at 25000 - 30000....these are reported cases of Murder!!! The figure is much likely higher. You dont usually get these numbers of death in a population unless there is a WAR!!
No wonder ANC did the whole Gaza charade in the UN, South Africa itself is Gaza times 100 with how unsafe and unruly it is.
ANC needed a distraction and they got it...
All there dept are payed all of a sudden. From bankrupt to having millions for the up and coming election campaign....
Corrupt or not they are better than the evil coloniser/settler government
Don't be a drama. Queen 🙄
yes agree, and those idiots in that court fell for the joke,
@@eisbeinGermanyThose idiots are way smarter than you are. And they ruled fairly
I knew a guy several years ago who did CIT in South Africa in the early 2000's. He said it was rough back then.
South Africa always in a state of entropy, falling apart and returning back to the roots like every other country on that continent.
Beke Cele speaking in this clip is one of the major reasons we are on the back foot. Remove Cele and things will get better.
His son is also a piece of work!
Now imagine you are a motorist driving nearby and get hit by the guards firing in panic without aiming aiming at the culprits.You get hit by mistake..thats why always keep your distance from cash vehicles whenever you can..not even to mention getting caught by the explosives
And petrol tankers
They are not suppose to panic, maybe one of the robbers would unintentionally hit a civilian
I see it in Shopping Malls across South Africa especially at xmas time....big mama looking SAPS walking around the Malls with Shot Guns in close proximity to citizen shoppers...heaven help anybody close to them if the shit hits the fan!...SAPS have also lowered the standard for shooting/fitness tests for most officers because they are useless
@@goonerfromjhb big mama is yow mama
@@itsnevertoolatetodotherigh3271 time will tell
Security is doing a better job than SAPS
Because SAPS has more responsibilities than Private security 🙄
In Kenya, no media while in patrol, the perpetrators do not live to see another day. We ain't perfect, but the safest place I know in Africa.
Gee I wonder what the problem is.
poverty and unequality maybe
@@salayi funny how white slums exist in south Africa yet white gangs don't
I wonder why they don't use the cash suitcases that destroy the money in case of a robbery? This stopped money transport robberies in Belgium a long time ago
They do use it. They have a found a way to deactivate it, and secondly dye stained notes are still used as currency in the informal settlements.
@ferdinandbasson3033 What about a suitcase that just blows up with the money? I'm sure they have intelligence teams and probably already considered everything we think of though.
Because the people in charge are corrupt and are probably making money out of this. Can we in the West just close our borders now?
That's the same question why not go cashless at all, everybody accepts electronic payment, no more CIT........
They aren't doing that because that's not feasible.
Smart idea, more of this.
Completely destroy the currency.
It had me thinking of implementing a way to reprint destroyed currency, which in theory could work with enough safe-guards against potential exploitation.
Downside being the cost of implementation. False-positives, and the potential for holding cash-in-transit ransom etc.
Worth exploring these ideas though.
Why don't they rent a chopper and transfer money using it?
Respect to you guys 😰
Minister of police Bheki Cele said the CIT guards shouldn't carry semi auto weapons (rifles and hand guns) at all. They should carry preferably pistols, preferably revolvers. The robbers work environment was getting way to dangerous for them so they went to complain to their boss, the minister for him to make the guards a lot more vulnerable and easier to hit as targets.
but this is what black people demanded before 1994, they all wanted FREEEEEEDOM< they got it yes, but at a price, now they are crying as thy dont have work food
Full documentary pls
Wow, this video really opened my eyes to the complexities and dangers of cash-in-transit robberies in South Africa. It's heartbreaking to see the risks that security personnel face and the broader impact on society. Kudos to BBC Africa for shedding light on such a critical issue with in-depth reporting and firsthand accounts. It's videos like this that remind us of the importance of addressing security and socio-economic challenges globally.
praying for the recovery of this country
Not gonna happen. This is the natural result of 1994.
Already gave it away to "those people" not happening if they are calling for genocide against whites they wont even let a single one in office to fix things up.
Another day in South Africa. Nothing to see here.
Where is kindergarten cop ? - Minister who shouted shuurruppp !!!
Can someone tell me where I can find the full documentary?
Police minister “thinks” they’re getting on top of things…😂😂
Well this dosnt concern the leaders of South africa , they have their hands full right now . They need to save the Hamas terrorists , so they cant be bothered with crimes and murders in their own country .
Thanks to private security , we have safer country 🇿🇦
Really
stop dreaming
My chair was stolen
They stole my phone when I visited in 2011
@@Radio9730killer oh hey sorry, you want it back?
I see South Africa is doing well.
"Little bit of a backfoot" lol i think that an understatement
I remember that. The Traffic lights at the Alexandria township when driving ot the airport was a free fire zone.
There is a reason why there are not a single traffic light in Kabul back when I was there back in 05.....
Traffic Light and light infantry ambushes mixed very well...
That's why they keep stealing traffic lights, to keep people safe.
Is this the sequel to the first one that happen before ? Need full season episode.
"we think we are getting on top of things" , the problem with that statement is that he does not know how to think.
And the president has the balls to call Israel on crime. Where is his head 😅😅😅😅
We are missing the old days without high fences and secure electricity supply, less corruption in government, less crime and more job opportunities.
S. Lave. Mindset
but black people "fought" for this frredom didnt they ?????? now black people are sitting crying, why cry for the freedom they got after 1994, we all knew before 1994 that this is going to happen, Rhodesia was an example, before 1994 all had jobs, food houses, now people sit without jobs, no food, no drinking water, no electricity, and now say apartheid was evil,yes maybe evil but at least everything worked,
@@eisbeinGermany ppl like u should be investigated
@@eisbeinGermanyyou've got issues
@@eisbeinGermany Literally only for the white ppl. Have you seen what they did to the black communities and how they were forced to live?
For those unaware: crime is a state policy, keep it in mind, no matter the country you are living in.
This is looks terrifying
Is not difficult to stop them they need 2 cars one unmarked and offensive team, these guys are ex military most probably so you need to constantly train your staff members too
2 cars against automatic rifle and bomb?? You will need an organic convoy with 5+ car and detach them when they go to different location, 2 cars can't do shit, they aren't robber you with pistol bud.
In Brazil there is a lot of these attacks on cash trucks but normally our brave military police hunts down the criminals when it happens, there's no need to hire private guards to do the job. HOWEVER there are some transport companies (not transporting money) that do hire armed teams to escort the big trucks on the road.
in africa army is busy looking nice in TV. have you seen african army? No helmet no kevlar vests. Sometimes armored vehicle camo shirt and some weapon smuggled from USA through mexico.@@User-jr7vf
You need law and order.
Gee, the ANC really sorted things out well for S Africa eh?
That van just says, I’ve got money in me. Maybe take the logo off?
Ah South Africa, such a peaceful country.
Thank you ANC.
no ,, black people wanted their frrrreeedom, now they have it but at what price, the ANC are the black people, and a handful of whites who also vote for ANC,
Gangsta paradise, YOU need to be a ninja to just survive
2:07 that guy is loading the mag wrong lmao
Tell the government to go to the International Court of Justice and complain. 😁😂🤣😭
After icj case against Israel, bbc started to focus South Africa internal issue
all tv networks should start, but these same tv channels are two-faced, before 1994 thy made films about the evil apartheid regime, and criticized the so-called apartheid regime, now these same countries call it a third-world country, and the politicians tell their citizens not to visit the country,
Finally, hopefully they talk about BEE soon too and the world starts issuing some sanctions against the ANCs racist, apartheid policies.
Probably as safe as mexico lmao
27000 a year ??
the magnitude of Incompetency is so blatant
Very sad for the security men
I wonder what could have possibly caused ZA to head into the toilet? What could that turning point possibly have been. 🤔
Im always scared when i walk past these cash vans when they are collecting or dropping off cash at a business premises
Shit can get real very quick 😢
Is there a full documentary?
Sheesh not for me
Politicians are involved that's why
Lawless country
Unbelievable 😮😮
The murders are at an all time high due to the power of the ANC, which is literally a black day for South Africa, or as we call it Suid-Afrika..
Never seen BBC cover South Africa to this extent, we see this
Yes because they are part responsable
@@mfanto1: you guys did it all yourselves.
@@WHS_reviews lol my people were the ones put into the concentration camp in SA
and now they are free and killing eachother. you want your black power you have your black power@@mfanto1
@@WHS_reviewsNo, the brits also caused this mess by forcing out the functioning government.
Wait till the criminals start training their own drone pilots to provide persistent air coverage / strike capability. It's going to be real life "Cyberpunk 2077 - Johannesburg" with drones and counter AI.
True, the criminals are already way more advanced and smarter than the South-African police, actually the dumbest criminal is still smarter than the minister of police. South-Africa also had to lower the standards to become a police officer, just like they did in schools where students now only need 30% to pass. The ANC made the whole country dumber in the last decade or so, you would think this is a joke, but it's real.
huh, you don't think so it's reality world and gore blood whatever "real life cyberpunk 2077" what a dumb.
"Coming to a town near you"
Need to stop using cash. Digital payments is the way to go
And no one speaks about how dirty our cops are, you get hijacked and they just simply let your hijacker walk even if they are caught red handed, happened to me.
The same thing happens in Kenya man. Corruption everywhere
@@jackamburo2235 It's horrible to experience this first hand I'm telling you... Down here private security companies are raking in so much cash because we simply cannot rely on the official state police to do their jobs, even when their job is as easy as it possibly can be (the criminal is right there, injured and they witnessed the crime themselves), so we have to depend on private contractors to protect our neighbours, take down hijackers, list goes on, and then you must have lawyers on retainer to make sure justice is properly served when those private contractors hand the criminals over to the cops.
99,99 % of SA cops are corrupt, only a small group one can trust, this is what black people want by voting for ANC, I don't understand why black people are crying for service delivery when they themselves are the guilty ones for voting in these corrupt ANC officials, they all wanted frrrrrreeeedom, they got freedom from the apartheid regime, so why are black people crying now,
South Africans need to change this regime by hands
The private security sector would have this shut down in a couple of months if they had the same powers bestowed on them as the police force. They are NOT hamstrung by money, experience or man power but by ANC government RED TAPE.
The ANC big guys benefit from this in other ways
Who’s in control 🤔🤔🤔
Look, it's the US in twenty years
Big Up to Drikus for speaking the truth!!!
Nou weet hulle!
We’ll see the same footage from the BBC/Britain in the not to distant future
Oh yes you will and it will be even worse since you won't legally be allowed to defend yourself at all.
Vote Labour and surely things will head that way 😂😂
@@blank8800 😏
BBC wont report on it because 100% of the time the people robbing wont be white.
So just a thought, instead of using helicopters to monitor the vans why not just use the helicopters to transport the cash 😅.
lol
Having a gangster as our police chief is not helping at all
This is sad ... its not a "maybe".
South African police service is the worst ever security section in the country
but who votes for these corrupt ANC comrades,
This is the one main reason these African and south American countries are never get developed. Crime and criminals are never go away from these countries
That minister of police is looking a bit shady😂
We need a documentary film.
there are many films on here at RUclips about crime in SA,