Road rage claims taxi driver’s life

Zukisani Rhilityana, 42, died and his mother, Ntsaphokazi Ndimangele, was injured when gunmen fired on the family as they approached their home at Marhambeni at 9pm; and

On January 14, an unnamed 42-year-old East London taxi operator was shot dead at his home in NU10, Mdantsane as rumours of a hit-list containing the names of Mdantsane East London Taxi Association members spread.

Yesterday, the officer investigating Thursday’s shootings, Captain Mbongeni Mhluzi, said: “We cannot say for sure whether the killings are related to taxi violence.” He said two men, aged 35 and 49, had died and appealed to the public for information.

The Eastern Cape leader of the South African National Taxi Council, Noluntu Mahashe, said: “As this violence intensifies, the killings are escalating. It’s becoming more dangerous.” — nonsindisoq@dispatch. EASTERN Cape police have called for calm and tolerance on the roads after a taxi driver was killed in a road rage incident involving another taxi driver following a head-on collision.

The incident took place in Amalinda Main Road on Thursday at 5pm. The victim was identified as Bubele Mvandaba, 43, from Stoney Drift, Amalinda.

East London police spokesman Captain Mluleki Mbi said the taxis, two cars, crashed near the Frere Hospital and then raced each other down the Amalinda Main Road.

They stopped and a fight for car keys ensued.

“It is further said that as they struggled with the car keys, one driver was pushed and fell, hitting his head on the tarmac. He died on the scene.”

Mbi said a 36-year-old man was arrested and would appear in the East London Magistrate’s Court on Monday on a charge of murder.

The Eastern Cape police raised concern over the alarming increase in road rage. — malibongwed@dispatch.co.za