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SA under siege: It's business as usual for hijackers despite 4 months of lockdown

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Regardless of whether you're popping out to the shop for a quick essentials run, or if you're on your way to work and back on a regular basis during the national LockdownSA, you are warned to be vigilant. IOLmotoring

JOHANNESBURG - Regardless of whether you're popping out to the shop for a quick essentials run, or if you're on your way to work and back on a regular basis during the national lockdown, you are warned to be vigilant.

Managing director of MasterDrive, Eugene Herbert, urges drivers to take cognisance of these stats: “It is particularly concerning in the Covid-19 environment. Crime is only expected to get worse as the unemployment rate grows. Job losses and fewer opportunities may result in people becoming desperate for an alternative source of income.

2) If you think that you are being followed, drive to the nearest police station or petrol station. Don't go home.

 

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