Johannesburg - ATM bombings have increased by 3000% over the past three years, the Saturday Star reported.
The Star revealed that explosives stolen from gold mines are been sold on the black market.
About 292 ATM's have been blown up across the country so far this year with 12 cases reported during this week, the report said.
A huge problem existed in the control of explosives, said Johan Burger the head of the criminal justice programme at the Institute for Security Studies.
"Criminals may have access to other industries but indications are they get their explosives from corrupt officials at mines."
"The bombers represented a sophisticated group who had expertise needed to use explosives," he said.
From here.
NVDL: Imagine how bad this sort of thing is still going to get once we're well into a recession?
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