via SABC reporter mugged during live TV crossing – NewsDay Zimbabwe March 11, 2015
Dramatic footage has gone viral of the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) contributing editor being mugged in full view of the cameras.
The SABC was preparing to do a live crossing from outside the Milpark Hospital where the President of Zambia has been hospitalised, when the two men approached him just as he was about to go on air.
In the footage, the culprits appear oblivious to the fact that they were being filmed despite standing directly in the crew’s spotlight.
In the video, Mvoko can be heard saying “we’re being mugged”.
Mvoko says the two men that robbed him had a gun and ran off with a few cellphones.
The men appeared unfazed of the television camera and spotlight or the fact that it was recording them.
Speaking to the public broadcaster after the incident, Mvoko described what happened.
“They were looking for phones and because I wasn’t giving him the phone, he then called the other one who had a gun and said ‘dubula le nja’ (shoot this dog). At that point, Sophie Mokoena just screamed ‘give him the phone’, so I gave it to him. I think they took about two or three phones.”
COMMENTS
This was absolutely terrifying and shocking to say the least. SABC news crew being mugged in front of a live camera a few minutes before the initial broadcasting of a story. I hope the law will take it course in apprehending these barbaric criminals who have turned Johannesburg into a menace.
This was absolutely terrifying and shocking to say the least. SABC news crew being mugged in front of a live camera a few minutes before the initial broadcasting of a story. I hope the law will take it course in apprehending these barbaric criminals who have turned Johannesburg into a menace.
This was absolutely terrifying and shocking to say the least. SABC news crew being mugged in front of a live camera a few minutes before the initial broadcasting of a story. I hope the law will take it course in apprehending these barbaric criminals who have turned Johannesburg into a menace.
This was absolutely terrifying and shocking to say the least. The SABC News crew being mugged live in front of a live rolling camera, moments before the initial broadcasting of a news story. I hope the barbaric criminals will be apprehended soon and locked behind bars where they deservedly belong.