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Judy Sexwale 'well' after hijack
19/07/2007 11:06 - (SA)
Verashni Pillay
Johannesburg - Judy Sexwale was uninjured and "doing well" on Thursday after she was hijacked outside her son's school in Sandton, the family's spokesperson, Chris Vick told News24.
"I think everyone is relieved she wasn't harmed," Vick said.
Her husband, businessman and former Gauteng premier Tokyo Sexwale, was in Cape Town when the incident occurred, at the Fifa organised "90 minutes for Mandela" soccer match. He would fly down on Thursday to join his family, according to Vick, after completing his hosting duties.
Judy Sexwale was hijacked while picking up their son, Chris from school on Wednesday, at about 11:00.
The incident took place at the back entrance of St David's Marist School in Sandton where she was threatened by three armed men who pulled her from her car, in which they later fled, according to Sapa.
The men parked alongside her, and held her at gunpoint.
"Someone was waiting for her," said Vick. "They took her cellphone and watch and fled in her car."
Car recovered
The ordeal lasted a short moment after which the men fled in her black BMW X5. Her son Chris, who was waiting on the school grounds, witnessed the entire incident, but was apparently fine, according to Vick.
A few hours after the incident, a teacher from the school spotted the car in the underground parking at Thrupps Centre, in Illovo, about two kilometres from the school. Vick said it was a technique hijackers used to evade tracking devices.
Police were called in and fingerprints were taken. According to the Sandton police station, prints were successfully lifted from the vehicle and the police are continuing with further investigations to obtain a positive ID.
The car was undamaged and will be returned to Sexwale once police have concluded their investigations.
Judy Sexwale is a prominent lawyer, who met her husband while he was serving time as a political prisoner on Robben Island.
Tokyo Sexwale has become one of the country's most successful businessmen since leaving front line politics, and is largely rumoured to be in the running for the ANC leadership.
Car hijackings in South Africa rose six percent last year, according to figures released this month.
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