An ongoing taxi war in Harding, on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, has claimed more lives after three people were killed on Tuesday.
“I got a call that they are being attacked. When I got to the scene, others were already dead and I took two people in my private car to the hospital. I called the ambulances and police but I couldn’t get anyone. I decided to call the district commander who makes calls for the police to respond,” said Zungu. Zungu said it was worrying that the taxi industry in the area was experiencing a sharp increase in violence.
Last month, eight people, including two taxi owners, were killed, and one was injured in two drive-by shootings in the province on Thursday. It was reported that the deceased was seated inside a vehicle when a white double-cab bakkie approached them and an unknown number of suspects opened fire, killing three people immediately. He said the violence was not new as for years several people have been killed in mass shootings related to taxi violence, which led to police minister Bheki Cele deploying a task team.
He said after that deployment, the situation became calm and order was restored. However, soon after the task team left, things worsened again. “I believe I’ll have to write to the minister again because this is getting out of hand. We will ask him to deploy more police from other areas to be stationed here and investigate these matters because the local guys are not doing anything.”
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