Taxi driver shot dead on N2 while fleeing attackers on foot

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By Liesl Smit


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Traffic on the N2 outbound came to a standstill for hours on Tuesday morning, 25 August, after a 27-year-old taxi driver was chased onto the highway and shot in the head by two unknown suspects.

 

According to Constable Ndakhe Gwala, the taxi driver ran from Kanana informal settlement in Gugulethu, leaving his vehicle behind, to escape the two gunmen.

 

He somehow ended up running across the N2 highway near Borchards Quarry, where he was shot, collapsing on the roadway.

 

Gugulethu police registered a case of murder at about 10:58.

 

Gwala has confirmed that the motive for the attack is believed to be taxi violence-related.

 

She says that while there are several leads being followed up, no arrests have been made yet.

 

 

Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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