INSIDE YOUR BUSINESS: Rise in business robberies -Tips to protect your business.

There has also been a notable increase in the number of armed business robberies countrywide. A businessman and a bystander were shot with a 9mm pistol last week Thursday evening, during a robbery at a general dealer in Mhlasini in Everest Heights north of Durban.

Security company Fidelity ADT released a statement indicating that there has been an increase in the number of armed business robberies in the Pretoria central business district and surrounding areas. In the past three weeks, there have been nine reported incidents.