Educational Psychology Intern (University of Witwatersrand). Assistant (sic) in the Ububele Umdlezane Parent Infant Project.
A 24-year-old woman, believed to be an intern social worker, was shot dead in an attempted hijacking in Alexandra on Wednesday, Johannesburg police said.
Blonde-haired Bianca Warburton had stopped her car at a stop street near the Alexandra clinic when two men, one of them armed, confronted her, Inspector Moses Maphakela said.
“They attempted to hijack the vehicle… and then just shot her in the upper body.”
She died on the scene.
“The two ran away without taking anything.”
A case of murder was opened and the matter was handed to the Organised Crime Unit for further investigation. No arrests had been made.
Police said some of Warburton’s relatives, colleagues and friends were at the scene and in shock.
Condolences were being published on Radio 702’s website.
Wits University spokeswoman Sherona Patel said the institution was mourning the loss of one of its master’s students.
“On behalf of Wits University, we would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the friends and family of Miss Warburton.”
Doodler says: I must interject here as this is a subject close to my heart.
My daughter obtained a BA (Hons) in Psychology. It then became apparent that the likelihood of selection for her Masters would be remote, due mainly to limited positions and of course, the inevitable AA policies. We then discovered to our horror that had she been accepted, she would in all likelihood have had to do her internship in some squatter camp. She would have had ZERO choice as to where she would be placed.
One of her male friends ended up in some Godforsaken place somewhere in Natal. Two of her other female friends, also armed with Honours, chose to drop their studies for this reason. ALL those studying in medical directions are obliged to work in State institutions and invariably these are in Black communities, including squatter camps. And unless you know somebody who knows somebody to pull strings you basically go where they tell you to go.
So, to accuse this poor unfortunate girl of being a liberal is so far removed from reality that I am going to remove all posts referring to her as such. She did not deserve to be placed in a dangerous area and she sure as hell did not deserve to die in such a fashion. That could have been my own daughter. I feel like spewing vitriol against those buffoons who must know how reckless and stupid it is to place these girls there, but what would it achieve???
And, just btw; try finding a job with a BA (Hons) Psych, especially if you have a white skin. Four years of study = worthless.
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