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| South Africa TV presenter Vuyo Mvoko mugged on camera | South Africa TV presenter Vuyo Mvoko mugged on camera |
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| One of South Africa's best known TV journalists has been mugged on camera as he waited to go on air. | |
| Footage shows two men accosting Vuyo Mvoko, from the national broadcaster SABC, who was outside a Johannesburg hospital to report on the arrival of Zambia's president for medical tests. | |
| Mr Mvoko later said one of the muggers threatened him with a gun when he did not want to give up his mobile phone. | Mr Mvoko later said one of the muggers threatened him with a gun when he did not want to give up his mobile phone. |
| The robbers appear unconcerned by the presence of the camera. | The robbers appear unconcerned by the presence of the camera. |
| Shortly afterwards, Mr Mvoko, who is a contributing editor for the national news channel, tweeted that he was safe and sound and posted a link to the mugging, which has gone viral. | Shortly afterwards, Mr Mvoko, who is a contributing editor for the national news channel, tweeted that he was safe and sound and posted a link to the mugging, which has gone viral. |
| Police said the robbers took laptops and mobile phones and that officers were investigating in the incident. | Police said the robbers took laptops and mobile phones and that officers were investigating in the incident. |
| "Hopefully someone will be able to identify them and get them arrested," Mr Mvoko told the BBC's Newsday programme. | |
| He said it took him a while to realise what was happening as it was less than a minute till he was due to go live. | |
| "It was like seconds to air and then the commotion started... I couldn't understand why they'd walk right in front of the camera because the light is on and they could see that - and our car is branded, so they could see that this is a live broadcast." | |
| The thieves told him to hand over his phone, which he said was in his hand. | |
| "Because I wasn't giving him the phone, he then called the other one who had a gun, and said: 'Dubula le nja' [Shoot this dog]," Mr Mvoko told SABC. | |
| At this point he said another member of the team screamed at him to hand over the phone, which he did. | At this point he said another member of the team screamed at him to hand over the phone, which he did. |
| The SA National Editors' Forum (Sanef) has condemned the mugging. | The SA National Editors' Forum (Sanef) has condemned the mugging. |
| "Every South African lives with the reality of crime, but to see thugs brazenly ignoring television cameras and robbing media workers in the course of their work, yet again brings home the level of criminality in our society," a statement from the forum said. | "Every South African lives with the reality of crime, but to see thugs brazenly ignoring television cameras and robbing media workers in the course of their work, yet again brings home the level of criminality in our society," a statement from the forum said. |
| Zambia's President Edgar Lungu, who had collapsed at an event on Sunday, went to South Africa for tests after his doctors found that he needed throat surgery. | Zambia's President Edgar Lungu, who had collapsed at an event on Sunday, went to South Africa for tests after his doctors found that he needed throat surgery. |