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Safeguard Claims It Was Not Informed It Would Be Moving US$4 Million Before Robbery

6 months agoSat, 05 Oct 2024 07:30:07 GMT
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Safeguard Claims It Was Not Informed It Would Be Moving US$4 Million Before Robbery

Safeguard Security Services (Pvt) Ltd has said it was not informed that it would be moving US$4 million by Ecobank before armed robbers seized the cash on a busy street in Bulawayo on Thursday afternoon.

In a letter to clients dated October 4, 2024, Safeguard CEO Andrew Mallon said the $4 million amount significantly exceeded “the contracted limits for the movement of cash.”

The letter also raised concerns that Safeguard’s insurers may not compensate Ecobank for any losses above the undisclosed limit agreed upon by the two companies. Reads the letter:

You may have seen reports of a serious cash heist in Bulawayo outside Ecobank yesterday.

It vividly highlights the very serious risks associated with cash holding and cash movement, risks of which we publish frequently.

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We wish to remind all customers of their responsibility to work within their contracted limits for the movement of cash, and to communicate clearly with us if a cash movement is to be out of the ordinary. This allows us to plan and approach the risks appropriately.

A Four million dollar move obviously poses a significant risk and is well outside of any contracted limits for Safeguard (and almost certainly the security industry Africa wide).

Any other approach places the safety of your staff, our security teams, and your cash, at considerable risk.

The Safeguard security guards, travelling in a single van, had just collected the money from the Ecobank branch at the NRZ Building, with orders to deliver it to Harare.

As the guards were loading the cash boxes into their van, a white single-cab Ford Ranger pulled up. Six armed men, wearing face masks and bucket hats, jumped out with their weapons drawn.

In a rapid and coordinated attack, the robbers quickly overpowered the guards, seized the cash boxes, and loaded them into their pickup—all within two minutes—before fleeing the scene with the stolen money.

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51 Comments

Anonymous · 5 months ago
THIS IS AN INSIDE JOB
CIA · 5 months ago
Umbavha huri pachena uhwu.Ngavarobwe vanhu ava.Mukanyatso ponda,vanotaura kwavakaisa mari.Ndokufembera kuti kune mari inoda kutorwa.Hakuna zvakadaro.Machinda aya afa nemari
Mj · 5 months ago
Contractual issues between Safeguard and Ecobank are private and confidential, bringing them to social media does not justify the robbery, internally deal with those, that one which affects safety of clients and general public is the robbery.
Anonymous · 5 months ago
Mari inonaka inotaura yega, chopaz uchawona yotangisa kukhuluma nekulevelekha....
Muzeketwa · 6 months ago
Togara ku Harare. Bank iro 4 m yaidiwa mangwana acho yese. Us rotenderedzwa zvekudero here Kabumawayo
Dadza · 6 months ago
Ummmmmmmmm
Phoenix · 6 months ago
nyaya iyi iri tricky but I'm thinking that this robbery was a diversion. these boxes could have been empty .Mari yaive yatotorwa kudhara nevemu bank and now mapurisa ave busy kutsvaga pick-up iye but this money heist was an inside job .....ve security are now being held as scape goats but team remu bank ndiro rine nyaya yese
GEN-Z · 5 months ago
willing buyer willing seller
Zrp Cid what what · 6 months ago
They are the same corruption led culprits go away with this. A car without fuel yet to be used in case of such emergency, who took the fuel money (corrupt officials) (leader of the unit). It is well planned with top top bigfish in the scandal let time pass and hear the full details. Now it's sketchy. Money you said zig is powerful why do you stock usdollar the foreign useless green? Let the green currency go back to america worry not its not ours. If it was zig we could all stand up and help to restore it. These were black Americans collecting what belongs to them. Remember police was deployed to safeguard sadc why not the 4million track it back to see how good you are at securing this country and its zig notes. Cid do the job or sir Wic
@Vhedza · 6 months ago
Nyaya yekushaikwa kwefuel kumota dzemapurisa was speculative news there was no where it was stated that the police had no fuel to persue the robbers.
Getrude 05' · 6 months ago
Zimbabwe surpasses South Africa in cash robbery, SA seats at $570 000 Phala Phala 2020 robbery and another of 1977 of R400 000
Anonymous · 6 months ago
MaZimba ndoanova ku SA Saka kuZimvakawandisa.
Schooooooolof schools · 6 months ago
A big lesson if you say this or that then this does not bring back dollars taken. From your highest level of secur ity that's where the ordinary guard starts to plan. Guards are not educated as you always undermine them, only their success in plans gives you hardhomework loosing millions, this is a good answer for all security companies don't like to pay nicely. Good very good job done that's the compansatory value for all guards. Now they learn more on how to knockoff their bosses towards Christmas in City. Let them enjoy sweat of hardworking 24/7 living underdanger. Who is the Boss, who has cash??? Get good luck not to get caught kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk(kkkkkkkkk(kkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkk ggggggeegeeeeeegeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrr
kkkkkk · 6 months ago
haapakaipa inonzitorai mari united
chevecheve · 6 months ago
So, Safeguard can sue ecobank for exposing them to a risk
chief bishu · 6 months ago
mbavha bodo
Cde · 6 months ago
Are Zimbabweans banks so poor that they can't install Cctvs at their entrance and why do they put the lives of the public at risk by loading at the entrance of the bank, this was a well planned thing good inside job, you cannot open those boxes but you're told of what is inside
Mutunhu Unamago · 5 months ago
CCTV inodzosa Mari here ... the CCTV footage is there and there's videos taken by by bystanders but the people were wearing masks videos are not going to help
R · 6 months ago
Is it standard practice for these security companies to ferry such large amounts at once?I thought the money was ferried in small amounts to avoid such incidents.
𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖆𝖟𝖆 · 6 months ago
However it's not contractual, they'll be a tasking officer pocketing bribe money
Mudhibhisi · 6 months ago
This is what happens when the rich are way too rich thru crrptn and the poor way too poor thru daily hardwork which yields nothing.
MAKARANGA · 6 months ago
Safe-guard did not breach the contract. As I am in security industry.The crews do not count money.They are only given locked and sealed box.The bank staff only knows the contents inside and the amount. The crews only carries locked and sealed boxes. They do not know the contents completely ,maybe in the boxes there was no money.
Alby. · 6 months ago
so vanotakura zvinhu zvavasingazive kuti zvingani here
gaffer · 6 months ago
ehe
ZimSketch · 6 months ago
yes they just carry sealed boxes and the receiver will check the seal number and accept
· 6 months ago
Ndicho chokwadi maguard haaverengi Mari chovo kutaura mabox voenda nawo .
😏 Pindula watch · 6 months ago
Anogona kunge aive nemabhero muma boxes acho, but that's not even for safeguard to know, to them it's merely consignment to deliver it cannot be their business to know what's inside, and from the look of it, how would we know maybe the bank was trying security alerts since it can hold so much cash
Anonymous · 5 months ago
MAKARANGA pako wapedza..dhiri rese riri mukati makabva ma trunk anonzi ane 4million USD..... Chikwata ichi chikaimbiswa national anthem yemaRasta nyaya yese inobuda...
cde · 6 months ago
saka ndendichingotaridzaa landlord wangu ma sms aya plz coz ndoshandisa ecobank
Alby. · 6 months ago
reByo here not ese kaa maEconet Bank kaaa
Legit Kid · 6 months ago
inonzi Eco bank baba
👀👀 · 6 months ago
patori nenyaya ipapo,sei ve SSS vasina kuudzwa,it was part of the plan ,ma guards akarohwa achataura zvese
Alby. · 6 months ago
hazvide kurovana izvi mari ngadzifambe chete zvapera inhau diki iyi asi nekurongeka kwavo ava handifungi kuti vachiri munodzinonyika hazvide kumanya kunotengera mamai maGD6 izvii
Si**** · 6 months ago
Who knows, mybe the figures were inflated
Alby. · 6 months ago
thus the normal thing to do when robbed for 2 million unotorawo 2 million yako and report 4 million mukana
👀👀 · 6 months ago
unoregererei ,kupiwa naMwari nevadzimu
apes · 6 months ago
saka Mari iyo is gone zimbabwe yatove South Africa chaiwo Mari iyi vachai recover here
Alby. · 6 months ago
kana takatadza kurecover 15billion what more 4 million haina basa ingori mari yarasika varidzi vayo vanotsvanga imwe
Oncemore · 6 months ago
Blame game, safeguard is blaming the bank for not following the conditions as outlined by their contract of agreement
Alby. · 6 months ago
iyo safe guard yakabvumirei kutakura dai vakati hazvisi mucontract yedu mari yawandisa matsotsi vese Ecobank neGuard alert imbavha
Alby. · 6 months ago
vakadini kutakura yavanokwanisa why did they took the risk yekutakura yese ka1 ivo vachiziva kuti havazvikwanise ???
Oncemore · 6 months ago
@Alby. Maybe they wanted to cut costs of fuel and guards allawances, I think they were doing it in the past, and it working for them, what is left is for the bank to respond safeguard
Alby. · 6 months ago
so for now blame game haishande but we can say they both breached their contracts and are all to be blamed
Black-Scorpion · 6 months ago
Life is not fair at all, vamwe vanoina mamillionaire within 2 minutes but isusu we work for 2 years to get $10000 ... anyway good luck guys
Alby. · 6 months ago
taura hako mukana inosiyana

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