The former CEO of the Government Communications and Information Systems (GCIS), Themba Maseko, woke up to intruders inside the roof of his Sandton home in the early hours of Friday.
Speaking to News24 after the "terrifying" ordeal, Maseko said he and his wife had been asleep when she heard footsteps on the roof.
"My wife heard the first sounds of noise coming from the roof. I thought she might have been hallucinating but then I heard the noises myself. I immediately woke up and went to the bathroom to investigate what was happening."
1. A very suspicious crime event. At about 03:15 this morning we were woken up by noises in our roof directly above my bedroom. I woke up, checked through the bathroom window, saw a thug in the roof. I shouted and told my wife to press the panicked button. 2….she heard https://t.co/XBx4aiLqXw
— Themba Maseko (@MasekoThembaJ) January 14, 2022
He added when he tried to close the bathroom window, to his shock, he saw a tall, thin dark person on the roof.
I yelled at my wife to press the panic button as I rushed to get my firearm inside the bedroom. As I got the firearm I ran outside and fired two warning shots into the air, which I suspect triggered the thieves to then disappear into the night.
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