1 week Ago By Mpho Koka
The three members of the Witwatersrand African Taxi Association (Wata) were shot and killed in Mofolo, Soweto, on Monday morning have been identified as Sicelo Ntombela, Sizwe Khumalo and Sibusiso Buthelezi.Their identities were confirmed by Wata spokesperson Hamilton Miya to Sunday World. Miya said Ntombela, 36, Khumalo, 38, and Buthelezi, 40, were Wata’s squad monitors.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); On Monday morning around 8am, the three men were fatally wounded while driving on Zulu Road from the south of Mofolo village towards Dube, according to Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Noxolo Kweza.
“Three people were shot and killed this morning at about 8am. We received a call about the shooting, and our members from the taxi violence unit responded,” said Kweza on Monday. “A silver-grey car pulled up and started shooting at the three people’s car.
High-calibre cartridges were found at the scene. No one has been arrested at this stage,” said Kweza. Kweza said investigations are continuing.
According to Kweza, police do not know the reason behind the killings.“We are unable to rule anything out at this time. We are looking into all of those possibilities,” said Kweza.
Police had taped off the area with yellow crime scene tape when Sunday World arrived on Zulu Road in Mofolo on Monday. The white Toyota Corolla driven by the three men who were killed had collided with a tree and was still on Zulu Road. (adsbygoogle = window.
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