Westgate Mall Firearms Towards Customers

On the 25/02/2026, myself, my brother & his 12 year old daughter had lunch at Pedros at Westgate Mall. After we had lunch, we decided to go back home and booked an Uber for us to get back home.

While we were standing outside the entrance of the mall waiting for out Uber to pick us up, I was busy enjoying my can of soft drink that I have purchased at Shoprite inside the mall and out of the blue one of the security guards came from nowhere to grab my soft drink out of my hands while I was taking a sip and threw it on the ground. I asked him why he grabbed my drink out of my hands without even speaking to me and he rep**** by saying I am not allowed to drink alcohol on the premises of the mall. This means he assumed my soft drink was alcohol and decided to be disrespectful to grab it out of my hands without even speaking to me.

I have expressed my dissatisfaction to him being disrespectful towards me while he had done an act of violence in front of the minor child. While myself and him could not come to an understanding after around 2 to 4 minutes, another security car pulled up and draw their massive firearms 2 men with big firearms surrounding me and making the minor child feel traumatized.

I spoke to them in a very respectful manner and I felt there was no need for any firearms to me drawn out in public to a normal civilian like myself who had no weapons on me.

I am living in Mitchells Plain for 36 years and I have shop at Westgate mall since it opened as a child and this is the very first time I have uncounted this poor management of Westgate mall. I believe security should be there to protect us as the customers and not make us feel threatened or intimated by weapons and have better communication skills that has more respect towards us as customers. I am in the process of seeking legal advise based on the security guards that drew 2 massive firearms out in the open public towards me and my family including a minor child.