Times Of Swaziland: BUSINESSWOMAN ROBBED OF E25 000 AT GUNPOINT BUSINESSWOMAN ROBBED OF E25 000 AT GUNPOINT ================================================================================ Kwanele Sibiya on 28/11/2019 08:49:00 BETHANY - In a rather shocking incident, a businesswoman was robbed of money amounting to E25 000 at gunpoint by unknown men. This shocking incident occurred at Bethany situated in the Manzini Region on Tuesday at around 7:30pm. Information gathered was that the businesswoman was allegedly coming back from collecting the daily takings from her two shops situated at Kakhoza and Matsapha when the incident occurred. On her way back from her shops, the businesswoman, whose identity cannot be revealed for safety reasons, had the shock of her life when she found a strange car parked right in the middle of the road adjacent to the gate leading to her compound. Problems It was gathered that the robbers parked the car in a manner that suggested that it had developed some mechanical problems because its bonnet was wide open and one of the robbers leaned over towards the engine, pretending as if he was fixing the car while his two accomplices looked on. As soon as the businesswoman drew closer, she pleaded with the crew to make way for her to which they responded by asking her if she was not cognizant of the fact that the car had developed some mechanical faults and, as a result, they were trying to fix it. While she was still interacting with the robbers, one of them allegedly drew a gun and smashed the driver’s window before ordering her to lower it down. It was said that the woman had no other alternative but to comply with the robber’s directive as she lowered the window because she feared for her life. Soon after lowering the window, it was gathered, the man who was carrying the gun instructed her to open the door, which she did. It was said that soon after opening the door, the man together with his two partners in crime then came on board in the car forcing her to sit in between the two of them while the other one took over the steering wheel and proceeded towards the businesswoman’s homestead. After realising that her employer’s car was at the gate, the businessman’s helper opened the gate with a remote control like she normally does on a daily basis. The helper said upon gaining entry the three men alighted from the car and at first she suspected that something was amiss because her employer seldom came home in the company of strangers.