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Police respond to shooting at KwaDukuza taxi rank in KwaZulu-Natal

The provincial transport MEC condemned the 11 April shooting at the taxi rank and said he would meet the leadership of two taxi associations urgently.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 10, 2026, 11:12 p.m. ET
A shooting took place on the morning of 11 April 2014 at the in , South Africa, according to South African government news service SAnews. Police are among the agencies responding. SAnews reported that the night before, a taxi operator believed to be a member of the KwaMaphumulo taxi association was shot and killed in Glendale. As of that report, officials had not released the identities of anyone killed or injured, and no casualty figures for the taxi rank shooting had been stated on the record. The cause and circumstances had not been determined. No further official account has been issued since. Willies Mchunu, MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, said: "I condemn in the strongest possible terms incidents of shootings, which result in the killing of people and endanger the lives of innocent citizens." He also said: "We must be very clear in that private security companies operate within a set of regulations that govern their work. This includes ensuring the safety of the members of the community wherever they operate, especially in the public transport sector." Mchunu said he would meet the leadership of two associations. "I will be meeting the leadership of both associations urgently to resolve the issues of conflict. As the province, we have made significant strides in stabilising the taxi industry. We will not allow any incident such as the latest shooting in to undermine our good work of the past five years," he said.

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