Family of Macassar taxi violence victim tell of their loss

A MACASSAR family is mourning the loss of a 56-year-old driver, who was shot and killed at a busy taxi pickup point on Tuesday morning following a feud between the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (Cata) and the Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi Association (Codeta) over the Khayelitsha-Somerset West route.

- MANDILAKHE TSHWETE

Hilton Williams's mother, Joan, 85, said she learned of her son's death shortly after 7am.

“Strangely enough, that morning I was in a deep sleep. Usually, I tell him when he leaves that I hear you, my boy, and I tell him to be careful and that I am praying for him. That morning when he said he was leaving, I could hear him in my sleep, but I didn’t reply to him,” she said.

“He was the most loving, most caring, and honest son. He was my all in all... I am praying to God to give me the strength and courage to move on. I am broken.”

She said she had always warned Hilton about the dangers in the industry.