Abstract:
Robbery is a well-established offence within the context of South
African criminal law manifesting itself on a daily basis. In essence
robbery can be defined as theft of property by unlawfully and
intentionally using violence to take the property from someone else;
or threats of violence to induce the possessor of the property to submit
to the taking of the property (CR Snyman Criminal Law 5ed (2008)
517; J Burchell Principles of Criminal Law 4ed (2013) 706; S Hoctor
‘Examining the expanding crime of robbery’ (2012) 25 SACJ 361-378;
J le Roux ‘Vonnisoplegging by roof met verswarende omstandighede’
(2005) 30 Journal for Juridical Science 145 at 146; see also recent
decisions such as S v Maselani 2013 (2) SACR 172 (SCA); S v Mabunda
2013 (2) SACR 161 (SCA); S v Mofokeng 2014 (1) SACR 229 (GNP).
