A community member is pleading to the greater Fourways community for the return of his wallet after visiting Pineslopes Shopping Centre on October 17.
Vijay Maharaj went to the centre for grocery shopping in his white Suzuki Swift vehicle which he parked outside a laundromat and hair salon.
He told the Fourways Review how he had misplaced his wallet in a similar white Suzuki on the day, thinking the car was his. The wallet contains his driver’s licence, credit card and other cards
“I used the key to open the vehicle [presumably it was unlocked], got in, left my purchases on the passenger seat, placed my wallet in the cubbyhole and realised all of a sudden that I was in the wrong white Suzuki. There was a sanitiser bottle in the consul – that was the clue,” he explained.
“In the heat and panic of the moment, I took my purchases, forgetting my wallet in the cubbyhole, and found my white Suzuki on the other side of an SUV. It was only later that evening I realised my wallet was left in the cubbyhole when I was asked for my driver’s licence on entering an estate,” he added.
Maharaj said the shopping centre was extremely helpful in trying to locate the driver of the other white Suzuki as his wife had immediately contacted the management of Pineslopes and spoke to their operations manager.
“He [the operations manager] was helpful and obliged by looking at the video footage the next morning, but sadly the registration number of the other white Suzuki was not visible.
“However, he could identify a gentleman and lady leaving the salon and proceeding to the Suzuki. On enquiring from the salon, they confirmed to him the presence of the two clients who left about 14:30, but had no details.”
Tiffiny Scott, shopping centre manager confirmed the incident as seen on the security cameras. “Unfortunately, we were unable to assist Mr Maharaj in getting more information on the driver of the similar car to get his wallet back. We hope through initiatives like this, his wallet will be returned to him as soon as possible,” she said.
Maharaj called this incident ‘a bizarre occurrence but a dear lesson’. “I will be grateful for the return of the wallet, at least my cards and licence, to the centre management on the first floor. In all probability, the concerned gentleman and lady may not have as yet opened their cubbyhole.”
