Taxi boss gunned down in Musina

THE cold-blooded killing of a well-known taxi owner in Musina last Saturday evening has ignited fears that taxi violence in the region may flare up again, potentially leading to more deaths.

- DOVHANI NENGOVHELA

Three people were killed and one injured in the incident.

According to a police report, the shooting occurred just after 23:00 at a liquor outlet in extension 2 in Musina. Lucky Siphuma (35), the deputy chairperson of the Nancefield Taxi Association, was sitting at the outlet, along with a taxi queue marshal, Ben Morudi (36). They were joined by other people, including a man known only as Walaza.

The group was seemingly approached by two unknown men, who shot both Siphuma and Morudi. According to the police, Walaza produced a firearm and returned fire, fatally wounding one of the attackers. The second assailant fled the scene. Another man, Gershwin Ronewa Mukwevho (25), was also injured during the shooting.