Teacher survives e-hailing attack with bullet lodged in her her jaw

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Baratile Sekwalane, a 27-year-old grade 8 teacher who was travelling in a third e-hailing car when two others were torched at Maponya Mall in Klipspruit, Soweto, leaving one of the drivers dead, has a bullet lodged in her left jaw.
18 Aug 2025 English South Africa News

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