SOUTH AFRICA 38 COMPUTERS STOLEN FROM NEWPAPER OFFICES IOL: Newspaper offices robbed in Pretoria

Newspaper offices robbed in Pretoria
November 24 2007 at 05:29PM

Nearly 40 computers and four cars have been stolen from the offices of the Afrikaans daily newspaper Beeld.

"I can confirm that a group of armed men stole 38 computers, four cars, a camera and a cellphone during the robbery in Hatfield on Friday night," police Captain Lucas Sithole said.

Sithole said the men approached the offices of Media 24, which houses Beeld as well as the Daily Sun and Son, at about 10pm and held up guards and an employee before going into the building.

"They robbed the employee outside the building before heading inside where they took the computers and vehicles," he added.

Beeld assistant editor Sarel van der Walt confirmed that Beeld photographer Theana Calitz had been robbed of her camera. He added that the office had been robbed before.

The media house is offering a reward of R25 000 for any information that leads to arrests.

Police are investigating a case of business robbery. - Sapa