A parliamentary official committed suicide on the Parliamentary precinct shortly after midday on Friday.
The man, in his fifties, shot himself in his office on the second floor of the 90 Plein Street building.
This happened while Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Senzeni Zokwana was addressing the portfolio committee in the adjacent Marks Building.
Incident at 90 Plein Street building on Parliamentary complex, ambulances and police. Unconfirmed reports of a man wielding a gun, threatening suicide @TeamNews24 pic.twitter.com/g5hSXAzDmG
— Jan Gerber (@gerbjan) September 14, 2018