Despite 36 Dutch tourists being robbed, the tour company will still come to SA
The Dutch travel company ANWB will not stop tours to SA, despite a group of Dutch tourists being held up at the weekend. ANWB spokesperson Ad Vonk said on Tuesday that a new group of Dutch tourists had arrived in SA on Monday night. Thirty-six Dutch tourists were robbed on Sunday night at about 11pm while on their way from OR Tambo International Airport to their hotel in Fourways‚ Johannesburg. Their bus was allegedly stopped by a marked police vehicle with one man dressed in a police uniform and the other five wearing civilian clothing. The hands and feet of the bus driver and the tour leader were tied up with cable ties. Five men boarded the bus and stole whatever they could. "When some were not fast enough‚ they were hit‚" Vonk said. "A lot of the people don’t have anything. Telephones‚ bags‚ luggage‚ a lot of things are gone." One of the passengers told the Dutch newspaper Telegraaf: "We are safe now, but we are in shock and want to go back. We just landed for a 22-day trip‚ but...
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