The man is reported to have died on Mostert Street in Monte Vista, South Africa. Photo: Supplied / Google Maps
A Kiwi man has reportedly been killed following a robbery in South Africa, media are reporting.
According to local news media Daily Voice, the man was trying to stop a robbery in Monte Vista and shot dead.
Police spokesman Malcolm Pojie confirmed to the Daily Voice the man was 49-years-old and died around 1.30pm on Friday on Mostert Street in Monte Vista.
"We have reason to believe that it was a bank-following-robbery as the motive, even though the suspects fled the scene without any loot," the outlet reported Pojie as saying.
"The vehicles of the suspects were traced and recovered in a parking lot in Parow."
Daily Voice reported the dead man's parents were the intended victims of the robbery - having returned from shopping mall N1 City with a large amount of money and followed by the offenders.
A local resident told the media outlet the offenders shot the man after he threw a large sledgehammer at their vehicle.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said consular officials were "providing advice to the family of a New Zealander who died in South Africa".
"For privacy reasons, no further information will be provided."
