A top medical specialist is being treated in hospital with a cracked skull after he and his family was attacked by a crowbar gang at their home.
The doctor, whom News24 is not naming to protect his family, was at home in a small gated village when the attackers struck.
It is understood two assailants used a crowbar to force their way into the home.
The doctor's wife then raised the alarm, the husband woke and came to his family's aid.
The doctor is being treated in a hospital and is understood to have a cracked skull.