Dr. Mpharu Hloyi was trying to mediate between a colleague and the colleague's fiance when she was shot dead at work. (Supplied)
On 29 March
2022, the usual calm of the scientific services unit of the Athlone water and
waste treatment plant in Cape Town was shattered by gunfire and terrified
screams.
Staff raced
down passages for cover, locking themselves in offices, hiding under tables and
squeezing into toilet cubicles.
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