Looters grab big-screen TVs as trucks attacked on N1 highway

[BBSA]

Ot: Explain pls?

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businesstech.co.za

 

[RaptorSA]

imagine stealing a 65" ULTRA HD Laser 4k TV and then watch SABC1 with an antenna

"imagine stealing a 65" ULTRA HD Laser 4k TV and then watch SABC1 with a antenna plastic coat hanger"

 

[schumi]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1192660073736265728

 

[TheChamp]

Police recover looted TVs, make arrests but highway still closed at De Doorns

Police recover looted TVs, make arrests but N1 still closed at De Doorns

Police have arrested seven people and recovered some of the big-screen television sets stolen in a looting spree, but the N1 highway at De Doorns remained closed due to protests on Friday.

www.timeslive.co.za

 

[lkswan747]

Well on the bright side.

Everyone in De Doorns has a TV to watch tonight.
They will be quieter going forward, also less pregnancies.

I wonder if they will buy a TV License!

 

[lkswan747]

Black Thursday Shopping.

 

[SeRpEnT]

Soon all truck transport in Mzanzi will be like:






Cue: Guns n Roses - Welcome to the Jungle...

 

[Francois Marais]

The length some of the transport companies are going is scary! Did a project for a company and man oh man, it was hectic. These guys are so far ahead to stop the trucks. Jam all signals that could contact the control station and the go on to loot the truck. We had to try and get a communication system that was difficult to block or so new that there was no way to block it. Even had to be a small size for they know what to look for.

 

[WaxLyrical]

Ama black Friday.

 

[TheChamp]

The length some of the transport companies are going is scary! Did a project for a company and man oh man, it was hectic. These guys are so far ahead to stop the trucks. Jam all signals that could contact the control station and the go on to loot the truck. We had to try and get a communication system that was difficult to block or so new that there was no way to block it. Even had to be a small size for they know what to look for.

That sounds too complicated for the random looters, I am sure syndicates who rob trucks and these looting types are two different things.

 

[TPants]

So they plugged in the TVs last night and boom -load shedding!!!!

 

[genetic]

That sounds too complicated for the random looters, I am sure syndicates who rob trucks and these looting types are two different things.

This.

Protest action - truck - loot. That's not syndicate expertise, but pure barbarism.

 

[Suspect99]

Any updates on the situation? I have a team that wants to drive through that area tomorrow afternoon. The alternative route is a big detour

 

[genetic]

Any updates on the situation? I have a team that wants to drive through that area tomorrow afternoon. The alternative route is a big detour

Google Maps shows the route open now, whereas it showed closed earlier today.

 

[Suspect99]

Google Maps shows the route open now, whereas it showed closed earlier today.

Thanks. I'll keep an eye out tomorrow then

 

[Kelerei]

Any updates on the situation? I have a team that wants to drive through that area tomorrow afternoon. The alternative route is a big detour

R46 via Ceres?

 

[R13...]

Seeing as they won't move the squatter camps from near the highways how about just building a barrier. One they can't break through.

 

[genetic]

Seeing as they won't move the squatter camps from near the highways how about just building a barrier. One they can't break through.

They did that on the N2 in cape town, and they still manage to break holes in the barrier

 

[clickingbuttons]

Maybe they were hungry?

 

[Nanfeishen]

Any updates on the situation? I have a team that wants to drive through that area tomorrow afternoon. The alternative route is a big detour

Actually not a huge detour if you swing through De Doorns , not many people aware that they can.

The Squatter camp lies just before the bend below the N1 sign on the map, so you can turn into De Doorns and bypass the trouble, then reconnect to the N1, there is also another earlier turn off as you enter the Hex River Valley from the Cape Town side, that will connect you to De Doorns as well and you can then reconnect to The N1.