Slain Gauteng teacher, Palesa Mofokeng. (Facebook/Palesa Pebbles Mofokeng)
"She woke up in high spirits, fed her daughter breakfast on her lap, [but] death was waiting for her as she exited her home, heading to work."
An emotional Tseleng Mathibela, 59, described the last moments she spent with her 33-year-old daughter, Palesa Mofokeng, on Friday morning.
Hours later, eight bullets were pumped into Mofokeng's body as she was on her way to work.
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