A cash-in-transit robbery occurred at the intersection of Themba Drive and Masedi Street in Kagiso, Gauteng, South Africa, on December 5, 2025.
Police and security teams responded to the scene to manage operations and secure the area.
Motorists were advised to use alternate routes due to the incident.
South Africa recorded 226 cash-in-transit robberies in 2024, according to the Cash-in-Transit Association of South Africa (Citasa).
KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 27% of these incidents, Gauteng for 25%, and the Eastern Cape for 21%.
In the first quarter of 2025, KwaZulu-Natal reported the highest number of cases, with 34 incidents.
The third quarter of the 2024-2025 financial year recorded 22 attacks on armoured vehicles during road transit, compared to seven cross-pavement assaults.
Perpetrators commonly use ramming tactics, explosives, and automatic weapons, with 57.5% of robberies occurring on public roads.
Fifteen security guards were killed in cash-in-transit heists in 2023.
South Africa’s national murder rate exceeded 27,000 in 2023.
Criminal networks involved in these heists often form temporary cooperatives that dissolve after each operation.
