South Africa: SABC 8 Journalist Shot in Face With Pellet Gun

The SABC inquiry has heard that SABC 8 journalist Suna Venter was shot in the face with a pellet gun last year, following continued threats of intimidation against her.

DA MP Phumzile van Damme revealed to the ad hoc committee on Friday that she received an SMS from Venter to say she discovered that she had been shot in the face by an unknown individual with a pellet gun on November 15, 2016.

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