Bomb threat at Sandton City Mall

Evacuation occurred  at Sandton City in Johannesburg following a bomb threat on Saturday evening.

The management of the mall reported that a telephonic bomb threat was received at 17:45 on Saturday.

“The safety and security of shoppers and tenants is of the utmost importance to Sandton City, and all security protocols have been put in place,” said management in a tweet.

Following the telephonic bomb threat that was received on Saturday, the 24th of April 2021 at 17h35, and the immediate evacuation of Sandton City; an all-clear has been received from the South African Police Service and Bomb Squad, and normal trading has resumed. 1/3

— Sandton City (@SandtonCity) April 24, 2021

Sandton City would like to sincerely thank shoppers, tenants, safety and security officers for their cooperation during this process. 2/3

— Sandton City (@SandtonCity) April 24, 2021

Should your car have been parked in Sandton City during the evacuation, please visit the Parking Office on level 7 (Protea Court Entrance), to be issued with a free parking voucher. 3/3

— Sandton City (@SandtonCity) April 24, 2021

Reactions flood Twitter, as some persons who had to run for their lives in mall reported the incident on social media.

Yho I’ve never ran so fast and driven so fast in my life … rha I was not going down by a bomb sana … hightailed me and my friend out of Sandton City.

Yhu rha yi’film le sikuyo

— L E R A T O ™ (@_seraiah_) April 24, 2021

That is the first thing Sandton City should have done! Open all boom gates

— Anisa Loonat (@anisaloonat) April 24, 2021

Not me dropping both phones in the middle of Sandton City and damaging my new screen protector ☹️☹️

— Umgijimis’Wegazi (@RequestLindani) April 22, 2021

So no one is going to talk about the bomb threat evacuation that just happened at Sandton city mall ???

— Prince Mmola (@princee_mm) April 24, 2021

Yho. Sandton city bomb scare is a mess. The way I ran out with a pram. My daughter was so entertained in her oblivion😭😭😭

— Mama KaLuna-Lesedi (@palidotcom) April 24, 2021