Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga has told of how a pre-dawn ambush on Monday – in which she and her bodyguards were robbed after stopping on the N3 near Heidelberg – had left her terrified that she would be shot at any moment.
Police confirmed that Chikunga and her protectors had stopped to change a tyre, punctured after objects were seemingly placed on the road.
The police are investigating a case of armed robbery.
Speaking virtually at the Transport Portfolio Committee meeting in Parliament on Tuesday, Chikunga said she was driving with her brother and bodyguards when they noticed that one of the tyres had a puncture.
