TimesLIVE reports that a woman, believed to be a senior official in the department of health in Gauteng, was shot several times outside her complex in Mondeor, south of Johannesburg, on Monday morning.

The shooting happened just after 8am and the woman was alone in the car. Police spokesperson Capt. Kay Makhubele said the woman had dropped off her child at school shortly before the shooting. “While opening the gate at her complex, a white BMW stopped next to her and [an occupant] shot her several times on her upper body. She was taken to hospital and so far we don’t know her condition,” Makhubele indicated. He went on to say that it appeared that “someone was waiting for her to assassinate her”, but the motive for the shooting was under investigation. An attempted murder case has been opened, but no arrests had been made by Monday afternoon.

• Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Iavan Pijoos at TimesLIVE

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