{"id":266104,"date":"2025-08-26T10:21:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T08:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/?p=266104"},"modified":"2025-08-26T11:24:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:24:42","slug":"philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippi-East and Khayelitsha rocked by deadly taxi-related shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Provincial Detectives Serious and Violent Crimes Taxi Unit is probing the circumstances surrounding two separate shooting incidents, which claimed the lives of three adults and injured six men. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first occurred on the corner of <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/makhaza-roads-being-refurbished-20240501\/\">Japhta M Masemola<\/a> and Spine roads in Khayelitsha and the second at a taxi rank in Ngqwangi Drive, Philippi East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provincial police spokesperson Lt Col Malcolm Pojie said the information related that on Monday 25 August, around 07:30, unknown armed men opened fire and shot six adults aged 35 to 43, two of whom died, one at the scene and the other declared dead at the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFour injured men were transported to a medical facility, of whom three taxi drivers were in a critical condition and a passenger in a stable condition, following a shooting incident at a taxi rank in Ngqwangi Drive, Philippi East,\u201d said Pojie.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Philippi East police opened two counts of murder and four of attempted murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the incident followed another earlier that morning, around 05:40, on the corner of Japhtha K Masemola Drive and Spine roads, Khayelitsha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPreliminary information said two armed men came to the Vuyani taxi rank and opened fire, killing a taxi driver and wounding two others, who were transported to a medical facility. Khayelitsha Police Station registered one count of murder and two of attempted murder,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pojie emphasised the motives for these attacks were believed to be taxi conflict-related.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A community leader of Philippi East speaking on condition of anonymity, described the incident as terrible. He expressed concern for commuters who would certainly be affected by this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese taxi wars end up affecting the passengers, so we appeal to the taxi owners to sit down and resolve their differences before they get worse,&#8221; he appealed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Provincial Detectives Serious and Violent Crimes Taxi Unit is probing the circumstances surrounding two separate shooting incidents, which claimed the lives of three adults and injured six men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":266105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"60","_yoast_wpseo_inclusive_language_score":"90","_yoast_wpseo_is_cornerstone":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image-id":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image-id":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","_crsspst_to_novanewscoza":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozabloemnewsexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozadistrictmailhelderberg":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaeikestadnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozahermanustimes":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozakomani-karoo":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozakougaexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozamthathaexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozanoordkaapbulletin":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapaarlpost":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapeexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapeoplespost":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaswartlandgazette":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozatygerburger":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaudexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavistanews":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavrystaatkroon":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaweskusnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaweslander":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaworcesterstandard":false,"_EventAllDay":"","_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":"","_EventShowMapLink":"","_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":"","_EventVenueID":"","_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":"","_VenueShowMapLink":"","_application":"","_batch_id":"","_company_name":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_company_website":"","_custom_id":"","_EventDuration":"","_EventOrigin":"","_EventTimezoneAbbr":"","_featured":"","_filled":"","_job_expires":"","_job_location":"","_media_credit":"","_media_credit_url":"","_menu_item_menu_item_parent":"","_menu_item_object":"","_menu_item_object_id":"","_menu_item_target":"","_menu_item_type":"","_menu_item_url":"","_menu_item_xfn":"","_navis_media_can_distribute":"","_navis_media_credit_org":"","_OrganizerOrigin":"","_provider":"","_pum_built_in":"","_pum_default_theme":"","_pum_form_conversion_count":"","_remote_id":"","_remote_name":"","_remote_position":"","_report_frequency":"","_report_reference_dates":"","_send_attempts":"","_site_id":"","_sitemap_exclude":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_sitemap_priority":"","_source_url":"","_subscription_period":"","_subscription_period_interval":"","_subscription_price":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":"","_template_type":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_tribe_aggregator_allow_multiple_organizers":"","_tribe_aggregator_content_type":"","_tribe_aggregator_file":"","_tribe_aggregator_finalized":"","_tribe_aggregator_hash":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_id":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_interactive":"","_tribe_aggregator_origin":"","_tribe_aggregator_post_status":"","_tribe_aggregator_preview":"","_tribe_aggregator_source_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_type":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_hide_attendees_list":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":"","_tribe_ticket_version":"","_type":"","_VenueOrigin":"","_wp_attachment_context":"","_wp_attachment_image_alt":"","_wp_font_face_file":"","_wp_old_date":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"2","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskw_text_input":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_block-catalog":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"1","_yoast_wpseo_primary_job_listing_type":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_nova_retailer":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_publication":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_tribe_events_cat":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-duration":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-rating":"","_menu_item_classes":[],"_tribe_modified_fields":[],"_wp_attachment_backup_sizes":[],"_wp_suggested_privacy_policy_content":[],"_yoast_post_redirect_info":[],"_yoast_wpseo_video_meta":[],"activation_date":"","archive_insertion_is_repeating":"","archive_insertion_posts_count":"","article_feature_media":"","article_feature_type":"","article_main_image_caption":"","article_media_icon":"","article_template":"","author_byline":"Unathi Obose","background_color":"","block_editor":"1","byline":"","cmplz_hide_cookiebanner":"","competition_end_date":"","contact_advertise_email":"","contact_advertise_phone":"","contact_editorial_email":"","contact_general_email":"","contact_general_phone":"","contact_office_hours":"","contact_physical_address":"","enabled":"","featured_image_custom_caption":"","featured_video_url":"","fields":"","font_body":"","font_header":"","frequency":"","headline":"","hide_border":"","icon":"","is_wp_suggestion":"","issuu_download_url":"","issuu_embed_url":"","language_version_url":"","large_border":"","name":"","nm_contact_name":"","nm_contact_number":"","nm_date_lost":"","no_overlay_background":"","node-url":"","obituary_born_date":"","obituary_died_date":"","obituary_memoriam_text":"","origin":"","overlay_color":"","overlay_opacity":"","overlay_size":"","placement":"","plural_label":"","post_author":"","post_id":"","post_language":"en","secret-key":"","sponsored_utm_campaign":"","sponsored_utm_content":"","sponsored_utm_medium":"","sponsored_utm_source":"","sponsored_utm_term":"","start_date":"","utm_suppression":"","video_embed_url":"","wp_pattern_sync_status":"","data_version":[],"enclosure":[],"pongrass_image":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_content_restriction_is_exempt":false,"scaip_prevent_shortcode_addition":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[7911,7874,7904,91],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"publication":[],"class_list":["post-266104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-crime","tag-local-news","tag-local-stories","tag-top"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Philippi-East and Khayelitsha rocked by deadly taxi-related shootings | City Vision<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Philippi-East and Khayelitsha rocked by deadly taxi-related shootings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Provincial Detectives Serious and Violent Crimes Taxi Unit is probing the circumstances surrounding two separate shooting incidents, which claimed the lives of three adults and injured six men.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"City Vision\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CityVisionOnline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-26T08:21:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-26T09:24:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/taxi.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1156\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"867\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Unathi Obose\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cityvisionlive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cityvisionlive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Unathi Obose\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Unathi Obose\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5437e1623e314d237cbb19010d52e74a\"},\"headline\":\"Philippi-East and Khayelitsha rocked by deadly taxi-related shootings\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-26T08:21:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-26T09:24:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":299,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/taxi.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Crime\",\"Local News\",\"Local Stories\",\"Top\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\\\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2025\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\\\/\",\"name\":\"Philippi-East and Khayelitsha rocked by deadly taxi-related shootings | City Vision\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/taxi.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-26T08:21:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-26T09:24:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/taxi.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/taxi.jpg\",\"width\":1156,\"height\":867,\"caption\":\"Police offers are on the scene after a taxi driver was gunned down at Vuyani taxi rank at the corners of Japhta K. Masemola and Spine Roads in Khayelitsha. PHOTO: SUPPLIED.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Philippi-East and Khayelitsha rocked by deadly taxi-related shootings\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/\",\"name\":\"City Vision\",\"description\":\"To Inform, Engage and Empower Local Communities\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"City Vision\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/city-vision-site-icon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/city-vision-site-icon.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"City Vision\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/CityVisionOnline\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/cityvisionlive\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@cityvisionnews\"],\"description\":\"City Vision is a free weekly community newspaper distributed every Thursday in the townships of the Cape Peninsula, including areas such as Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, and Nyanga. Published in both English and isiXhosa, it serves as a vital source of local news and information for these communities.\",\"email\":\"cityvision@novusmedia.co.za\",\"telephone\":\"021 910 6500\",\"legalName\":\"Novus Media (Pty) Ltd\",\"foundingDate\":\"2025-01-01\",\"vatID\":\"4100318916\",\"taxID\":\"2000\\\/018234\\\/07\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"51\",\"maxValue\":\"200\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5437e1623e314d237cbb19010d52e74a\",\"name\":\"Unathi Obose\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/673b502fe18061a166bbb8075f70096189910fa4100d64320349c8acc125514e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/673b502fe18061a166bbb8075f70096189910fa4100d64320349c8acc125514e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/673b502fe18061a166bbb8075f70096189910fa4100d64320349c8acc125514e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Unathi Obose\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/cityvision\\\/author\\\/unathi-obose\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Philippi-East and Khayelitsha rocked by deadly taxi-related shootings | City Vision","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Philippi-East and Khayelitsha rocked by deadly taxi-related shootings","og_description":"The Provincial Detectives Serious and Violent Crimes Taxi Unit is probing the circumstances surrounding two separate shooting incidents, which claimed the lives of three adults and injured six men.","og_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/","og_site_name":"City Vision","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CityVisionOnline\/","article_published_time":"2025-08-26T08:21:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-26T09:24:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1156,"height":867,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/taxi.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Unathi Obose","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cityvisionlive","twitter_site":"@cityvisionlive","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Unathi Obose","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/"},"author":{"name":"Unathi Obose","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/#\/schema\/person\/5437e1623e314d237cbb19010d52e74a"},"headline":"Philippi-East and Khayelitsha rocked by deadly taxi-related shootings","datePublished":"2025-08-26T08:21:44+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-26T09:24:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/"},"wordCount":299,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/taxi.jpg","keywords":["Crime","Local News","Local Stories","Top"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2025","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/","name":"Philippi-East and Khayelitsha rocked by deadly taxi-related shootings | City Vision","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/taxi.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-26T08:21:44+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-26T09:24:42+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/taxi.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/taxi.jpg","width":1156,"height":867,"caption":"Police offers are on the scene after a taxi driver was gunned down at Vuyani taxi rank at the corners of Japhta K. Masemola and Spine Roads in Khayelitsha. PHOTO: SUPPLIED."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-east-and-khayelitsha-rocked-by-deadly-taxi-related-shootings\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Philippi-East and Khayelitsha rocked by deadly taxi-related shootings"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/#website","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/","name":"City Vision","description":"To Inform, Engage and Empower Local Communities","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/#organization","name":"City Vision","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/city-vision-site-icon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/city-vision-site-icon.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"City Vision"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CityVisionOnline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/cityvisionlive","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@cityvisionnews"],"description":"City Vision is a free weekly community newspaper distributed every Thursday in the townships of the Cape Peninsula, including areas such as Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, and Nyanga. Published in both English and isiXhosa, it serves as a vital source of local news and information for these communities.","email":"cityvision@novusmedia.co.za","telephone":"021 910 6500","legalName":"Novus Media (Pty) Ltd","foundingDate":"2025-01-01","vatID":"4100318916","taxID":"2000\/018234\/07","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"51","maxValue":"200"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/#\/schema\/person\/5437e1623e314d237cbb19010d52e74a","name":"Unathi Obose","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/673b502fe18061a166bbb8075f70096189910fa4100d64320349c8acc125514e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/673b502fe18061a166bbb8075f70096189910fa4100d64320349c8acc125514e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/673b502fe18061a166bbb8075f70096189910fa4100d64320349c8acc125514e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Unathi Obose"},"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/author\/unathi-obose\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/taxi.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":266148,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/four-taxi-drivers-killed-in-khayelitsha-and-philippi-amid-ongoing-taxi-turf-war\/","url_meta":{"origin":266104,"position":0},"title":"Four taxi drivers killed in Khayelitsha and Philippi amid ongoing taxi turf war","author":"City Vision","date":"28 August 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The taxi industry is reeling following the shooting and killing of four taxi drivers in two separate incidents in Khayelitsha and Philippi. Five others and a passenger were injured.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"TAXI","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TAXI2_59978.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TAXI2_59978.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TAXI2_59978.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TAXI2_59978.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TAXI2_59978.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":297373,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/philippi-taxi-shooting-four-dead-hazeldene-rank\/","url_meta":{"origin":266104,"position":1},"title":"SANTACO condemns deadly Hazeldene Taxi Rank attack","author":"City Vision","date":"2 June 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"South African National Taxi Council (Santaco), Western Cape, has condemned the fatal shooting incident that occurred at taxi rank near Hazeldene in Browns Farm, Philippi on Tuesday, 2 June, where six people were shot, leaving four dead at the scene and two injured.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Nyanga taxis","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nyanga-taxis.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nyanga-taxis.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nyanga-taxis.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nyanga-taxis.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nyanga-taxis.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nyanga-taxis.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":266964,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/lwandle-taxi-violence-fears-after-shooting-leaves-one-dead-two-injured\/","url_meta":{"origin":266104,"position":2},"title":"Lwandle taxi violence fears after shooting leaves one dead, two injured","author":"Unathi Obose","date":"28 October 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Lwandle police registered a murder and two counts of attempted murder following a shooting incident on Monday 27 October.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"STRAND","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/STRAND.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/STRAND.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/STRAND.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/STRAND.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/STRAND.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"City Vision","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266104"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=266104"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=266104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}