Twelve cartridges reportedly found on the scene

Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s office says his official car was shot at several times while he was being driven from a recent ANC NEC meeting in the east of Johannesburg in an incident suspected to be an attempt on his life.

- By Mzilikazi wa Afrika

Sunday World has been informed that the incident happened on the N12 highway on March 30, when Mashatile and his entourage were driving home from the meeting which was held at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg.

Mashatile’s spokesperson Keith Khoza this week confirmed the incident, stating that the deputy president’s car “was hit by what appears to have been a gun [bullets]”.

Unconfirmed reports claim that 12 spent cartridges were found at the scene of the shooting incident.