Taxis torched a day after death of fleet owner at city rank
Despite the torching of two taxis, passengers are still being ferried to and from Polokwane from the extensions where the vehicles were discovered.
POLOKWANE – Police are yet to confirm whether the murder of a taxi fleet owner and the torching of two taxis outside the city are linked.
Commuters from Extensions 71 A and B discovered two torched taxi’s at the extensions’ main taxi rank this morning (April 16).
On Saturday (April 15), the owner of a well-known fleet was shot and declared dead by emergency personnel on the scene at the city centre rank where the extensions taxis are stationed.
A witness told the Polokwane Observer that there was a pool of blood at a portion of the area’s rank and added that a man, whose face is familiar at the taxi rank but isn’t a driver, was killed using a gun.
Police have not confirmed the incident nor provided any of the deceased’s details while efforts to reach the Seshego Polokwane Taxi Association spokesperson Ally Mothiba were unsuccessful at the time of publishing.
This is a developing story.
