Six men accused of ambushing Gauteng health official Babita Deokaran and shooting her to death outside her home appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on April 12.

Deokaran’s murder case has been postponed to July 22 for pre-trial.

Tribute to Gauteng Department of Health senior official

They are also accused of the attempted murder of Deokaran’s domestic worker, who was in the car with her at the time of the shooting.

Deokaran was returning from dropping off her child at school when she was shot. She was taken to hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries.

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She was a key witness in the Special Investigative Unit’s probe into personal protective equipment corruption in the provincial health department.

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