Johannesburg - A woman was shot dead in her home in Kliptown, Soweto, Gauteng police said on Sunday.
The 53-year-old woman's killer knocked on her door on Saturday night around 20:00, Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela said.
When she opened it he shot her. She died after being taken to hospital.
The motive for the murder was not known and the gunman was still at large.
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