CATA BOSS SHOT DEAD

Taxi dik ding gunned down in an ambush on the R300 amid feud

- BY GENEVIEVE SERRA

BARELY 72 hours after Western Cape Mobility Department reopened taxi routes after a month-long shutdown due to violent clashes between rival associations, a Cata taxi boss has been shot and killed and two others wounded on the R300 towards Somerset West yesterday.

The closure of the routes followed six fatalities linked to disputes between Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (Cata) and the Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi Association (Codeta).

Restrictions were lifted last Friday while negotiations continue. Police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg said police was determining the motive behind the shooting.