{"id":45707,"date":"2024-01-16T17:10:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T15:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/shooting-between-two-taxi-associations-has-brought-the-entire-town-to-a-standstill-20240116\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T08:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:31:58","slug":"shooting-between-two-taxi-associations-has-brought-the-entire-town-to-a-standstill-20240116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/shooting-between-two-taxi-associations-has-brought-the-entire-town-to-a-standstill-20240116\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting between two Taxi Associations has brought the entire town to a standstill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A shooting that allegedly took place at the Border Alliance Taxi Association\u2019s taxi rank in Port St Johns brought the entire town to a standstill this morning, January 16.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div 'segoe=\"\" arial,=\"\" class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW205159334 BCX8\" sans-serif;\"=\"\" segoe=\"\" ui=\"\" ui',=\"\" verdana,=\"\" web',=\"\">\n<div 'segoe=\"\" arial,=\"\" class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW205159334 BCX8\" sans-serif;\"=\"\" segoe=\"\" ui=\"\" ui',=\"\" verdana,=\"\" web',=\"\">\n<div 'segoe=\"\" arial,=\"\" class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW205159334 BCX8\" sans-serif;\"=\"\" segoe=\"\" ui=\"\" ui',=\"\" verdana,=\"\" web',=\"\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW205159334 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{e1569215-da36-418b-bcfa-404f1e36b000}{23}\" paraid=\"955030369\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\">The Deputy Secretary and the Organizer for Business Forum in Port St Johns, Mbongeni Kotana confirmed that businesses were forced to shut down, and learners who were on their way to school were forced to go back home due the violence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div 'segoe=\"\" arial,=\"\" class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW205159334 BCX8\" sans-serif;\"=\"\" segoe=\"\" ui=\"\" ui',=\"\" verdana,=\"\" web',=\"\">\n<div 'segoe=\"\" arial,=\"\" class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW205159334 BCX8\" sans-serif;\"=\"\" segoe=\"\" ui=\"\" ui',=\"\" verdana,=\"\" web',=\"\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW205159334 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{e1569215-da36-418b-bcfa-404f1e36b000}{31}\" paraid=\"1627692948\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cIt is alleged that taxi operators from Ncedo Taxi Association from Lusikisiki went to the rank of Border Alliance Taxi Association and fired shots.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div 'segoe=\"\" arial,=\"\" class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW205159334 BCX8\" sans-serif;\"=\"\" segoe=\"\" ui=\"\" ui',=\"\" verdana,=\"\" web',=\"\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW205159334 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{e1f20410-a928-42b8-bcd6-e4f8a039b08e}{160}\" paraid=\"2038724542\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cAs I am speaking to you know it is quiet in the Central Business District, but Police Officers from different law enforcements are here now to monitor the situation,\u201d said Kotana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Nomthetheleli Mene is urging feuding taxi associations operating in the Lusikisiki\/ Port St Johns areas to work together and find amicable solutions to their ongoing disagreements which are now culminating into tragic violence where lives are been lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Mene condemned such criminal behavior, stating that such lawlessness will not be tolerated as innocent lives are at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cWe immediately call on all stakeholders to come forward and engage in constructive discussions and urgently find a solution so as to avoid further loss of lives,\u201d said Mene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu said that preliminary reports indicate that this morning, January 16, 2023 (time unknown) two taxi associations were engaged in a shootout at the Port St Johns taxi rank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">She said that it is further alleged that three security officials from one taxi association from Lusikisiki were fatally injured while five other persons from the Port St Johns side sustained gunshots wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cA boy (11) was hit by a stray bullet and was taken to hospital for treatment. 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