The high cost of escorting cash

According to the Minister for Defense and Security Kagiso Mmusi, his ministry, particularly the police have been stretched and had to sacrifice some of their services to cater for safe transportation of the money.

“The country has experienced an upsurge in cases of robberies where in most cases there was use of fire arms and thereby posing danger to the lives of both members of the public and law enforcement officers. In 2021 we experienced a surge of cash-in-transit heists recording 15 incidents where security motor vehicles transporting cash were attacked at gun point and millions of pula stolen," the Minister said.