REUTERS - Shoppers were evacuated from the Mall of Africa, one of the largest malls in South Africa, set in middle-class suburbia between Johannesburg and Pretoria, as police searched for a bomb after receiving a threat, an officer said on Wednesday.

The management at Sandton City, one of the biggest malls in the financial district of Sandton located in Johannesburg, also said it too had received a bomb threat but no explosive device was found after a search. Shopping had resumed at the mall.