{"id":43269,"date":"2024-01-18T12:03:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T10:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/two-taxi-owners-in-nyanga-shot-and-killed-coming-from-a-meeting-in-a-local-church-near-taxi-rank-20240118\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T02:55:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T00:55:04","slug":"two-taxi-owners-in-nyanga-shot-and-killed-coming-from-a-meeting-in-a-local-church-near-taxi-rank-20240118","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/two-taxi-owners-in-nyanga-shot-and-killed-coming-from-a-meeting-in-a-local-church-near-taxi-rank-20240118\/","title":{"rendered":"Two taxi owners in Nyanga shot and killed coming from a meeting in a local church near taxi rank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nyanga police are investigating a double murder and an attempted murder case following a shooting incident that took place at Nyanga Taxi Rank on Wednesday 17 January.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provincial police spokesperson Capt FC van Wyk said the incident occurred at about 13:00 and two adult males were shot and fatally wounded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The suspect(s) fled the scene and are yet to be arrested.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof1\">Nyanga police are investigating a double murder and an attempted murder case following a shooting incident that took place at Nyanga Taxi Rank on Wednesday 17 January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof1\">Provincial police spokesperson Capt FC van Wyk said the incident occurred at about 13:00 and two adult males were shot and fatally wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof1\">\u201cThe motive for this incident forms part of the police investigation,\u201d he said. \u201cThe suspect(s) fled the scene and are yet to be arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof1\">Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA) spokesperson Nkululeko Sityebi confirmed the incident. However, he stated the incident took place at a nearby church where the taxi owners had held a meeting. \u201cI can confirm the shooting occurred and two of our members died in the incident,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof1\"><strong>READ|&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/city-vision\/unknown-man-shot-and-killed-in-langa-while-disembarking-from-a-taxi-20240118\" target=\"_blank\">Unknown man shot and killed in Langa while disembarking from a taxi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof1\">\u201cThey were ambushed coming out of a local church near the taxi rank where they had held a meeting, and did not occur at the taxi rank. As a taxi association in Nyanga we are not yet open, and we were planning to do so next week.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof1\">Sityebi urged law-enforcement agencies not to leave any stone unturned. \u201cThe case is handed over to the officers for investigation. 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