Themba Maseko said the timing seemed to suggest the attempted home invasion was linked to the newly released state capture report.
JOHANNESBURG - State capture whistleblower and newly-appointed Wits University Governance School Director Themba Maseko said while he had no evidence, it was suspicious that two men tried to gain entry into his bedroom in the early hours of Friday morning.
Maseko said the timing, a few weeks since the first volume of a report by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture was made public, seemed to suggest the attempted home invasion was linked to the report.
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
. SAPS arrived a few minutes later to help with the investigation. Fortunately, no one was injured and nothing was stolen. We are are safe. Consequently, I will miss the whistleblowers media meeting this afternoon. We shall overcome.!!!
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