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An unidentified gunman opened fire on a group of taxi drivers on Saturday night in Kwa-Zulu Natal province, leaving 11 dead and four seriously injured. According to Reuters drivers are members of the Gauteng Taxi Association and return home after a colleague's funeral. While the drivers were driving together in a minibus, an armed man was shooting at them and opening fire.
Kwa-Zulu Natal spokesman Jay Naicker said, "There was a shootout at around 1800 GMT last night, and the vehicle was ambushed. died and four seriously injured in the hospital [the]. "
Naicker added that there was" a lot of violence in taxis in the area but we are still investigating the perpetrators ". [19659002Violenceinthetaxisisapparentlyhappeningintheregionastheshareholdergroupsareconstantlytryingtogetthebestoutofit
Last week, Sanele Maseko, vice president of the Nancefield Dube West Association (Nanduwe), was killed by an unknown badailant. According to BBC News Maseko would have "no known enemy".
In a statement about the murder of Maseko, Ralph Jones, spokesman for the National Council of South African Taxis (Santaco), encouraged According to IOL
"The differences that produce over there can not be solved by a bullet.In shooting at someone, you are robbing someone of a father and a husband.We will lose good people who will add value to the taxi industry.We hope the police should do its job. "
In Western Cape, another episode of taxi violence caused the death of nine people. Three others were seriously injured, News24 reports.
Four taxi drivers were killed in April after tensions between the Johannesburg Southern Suburbs Taxi Association and the Bara City Taxi Owners Association, according to IOL
The "Taxi Wars", as locals l & Have been calling, raging for years, presumably since the 1980s, as reported News24 . A September 2017 article reports that residents of Soweto are constantly afraid of being caught in the crossfire of rival taxi companies.
"The death toll is dying every day because of the war and now the people of Soweto are concerned. "Many residents are leaving taxis until the local government and police can guarantee safety."
The number of abuses by these rival taxi companies has been increasing. in recent years, reports the police.
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