Staff Reporter.
The Witwatersrand African Taxi Association (WATA) Chairperson, Shandu Mbatha was shot at in Estcourt in KwaZulu-Natal.
It’s understood that he and his wife were driving from a funeral over the weekend – along with other passengers – when gunmen traveling in another vehicle opened fire on them in Estcourt.
Mbatha sustained gunshot wounds and is recovering in hospital.
According to police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele, said the motive is unknown at the moment but know that one of them is the chairperson of the taxi association.
“A man came to the Winterton Police Station driving a vehicle with injured people and informed the police that while he was driving along Nkomokazini area in Amangwe with his family, he was attacked by unknown people,” said Mbele
Mbele said the man alleged that the suspects opened fire, fatally wounding his 55-year-old wife and injuring him and two passengers.
Mbatha’s wife, Ngoneni Anatoria Mazibuko, was declared dead when they arrived at Winterton police.
Mbele added that charges of murder and attempted murder were opened for investigation at Amangwe Police Station.