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Pretoria Rugby Club chairperson Jaco Basson gunned down in Soshanguve

# Pretoria Rugby Club chairperson Jaco Basson has been shot and killed in Soshanguve over the weekend.  President Neels van Heerden confirmed that Basson went to the area to view a bakkie he was interested in buying. He was accompanied by the club’s coach, who was also severely assaulted and injured. Following the assault, the assailants reportedly instructed the injured coach to rush Basson to the hospital as he was dying.