- A shooting at Njabulo Street near Site C Taxi Rank left one person dead and three injured, with police linking the attack to taxi violence.
- Codeta chair Nceba Enge denied any internal conflict within the organization but stated an investigation would be conducted.
- Police have registered murder and attempted murder cases, but the suspects remain at large as investigations continue.
Democratic Taxi Association (Codeta) has distanced itself from the shooting that occurred at Njabulo Street near Site C Taxi Rank on Friday 28 February.
Codeta chair Nceba Enge didn’t deny nor confirm that the incident was connected to the taxi industry, instead he stated that an investigation would be conducted into the shooting. He said only one person died and four were injured during the incident.
“This has nothing to do with our business because we are not fighting. But we are busy investigating the main cause. We are not sure what happened, but will try to track it down,” he said. He reiterated that there was no fighting within the organisation and it was business as usual.
However, according to a police statement, one person died and three were injured during the shooting.
Provincial police spokesperson Sgt Wesley Twigg said Khayelitsha police registered a murder and three attempted murder cases for investigation following a shooting incident in which a 55-year-old man was shot and fatally wounded and three adult males shot and wounded on Friday 28 February.
“Officers responded to a complaint of a shooting at Njabulo Street, Site C, Khayelitsha, where they found the victims with gunshot wounds to their bodies. The 55-year-old victim was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel, while the other victims were taken to a medical facility for medical treatment,” said Twigg.
He stated that the motive for the attack is believed to be taxi related.
Twigg said the suspects fled the scene and are yet to be arrested.