“As we approach the festive season, many groups will start sharing their year-end savings. With this in mind, we appeal to the community to refrain from moving with large sums of money. Rather, make the pay-out electronically to avoid being mugged while travelling from one point to another,” says Sgt Linkie Lefakane. She also advises those who invest in stokvels to make electronic deposits into the stokvel accounts instead of making cash contributions. Although no such robberies have recently been reported around the Merafong City municipal area, cases were reported in Bekkersdal and Simunye near Westonaria this weekend. “We appeal to the public to avoid displaying their flashy lifestyle, whether on social networks or by spending, as they end up being victims of robbery,” she says.