Joburg malls were besieged by bargain hunters on Friday, with shoppers staking out spots from the wee hours, and "nightmare" crowds reported. At the Mall of Africa, some shoppers queued from as early as 3am. "I came here at around 3am with my sister to buy a few groceries before it becomes too packed. I bought Kellogg’s‚ Weet-Bix and a few groceries. I saved about 50% on most of my purchases‚" Sally Ndlovu said. Another shopper said she did not have anything specific she wanted to buy‚ but just wanted to check out what was on special. "I am just going shop to shop‚ checking anything on sale so I can take advantage of Black Friday. I bought sneakers for R300 at Game‚ which go for R1,000 at the normal price‚ so I saved 70%‚" Litebogo Kgwedi said. A security officer at Checkers Hyper said he arrived at work to find an overwhelming number of shoppers camped outside. "There were so many people here at five in the morning‚ there were so many people here I think we are going to have a very...
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