University of Limpopo
The University of Limpopo has expressed its shock after Accounting and Auditing Lecturer, Professor Mohamed Saber Tayob was gunned down.
Fifty-one-year-old Tayob was shot and killed while jogging in Munik Road next to the Sterpark suburb in Polokwane at about 06:30 am on Sunday.
Tayob was the Director of the School of Accountancy and joined the University in October 2009 as a Senior Lecturer of Accounting and Auditing before earning a promotion to Associate Professor in 2017.
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mahlo Mokgalong says he was a seasoned Chartered Accountant and academic, who served the institution with distinction.
Police in Polokwane have since launched a manhunt for the suspects.
Spokesperson, Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo, says Tayob was jogging when a white Volkswagen Polo drove past him and made a u-turn before stopping next to him.
Mojapelo says an occupant of the vehicle got out and shot him several times at point-blank range, before quickly driving off from the scene.
He says the motive for the murder is unknown at this point.
A video of Tayob's murder has gone viral on social media.
(Tayob in the red shirt, moment before being gunned down)
