It took a warning shot from one of his bodyguards to enable Gauteng MEC for Transport Ismail Vadi to escape from an angry mob of meter taxi drivers on Monday.Just after completing a tour of how his department would register Uber driver partners at 11 Diagonal street in the Johannesburg city centre‚ Vadi walked out as though it were just another day. Journalists were still conducting interviews with officials of Uber when five men walked up to him as if they wanted to greet him. But as he extended his hand for what he thought would be a normal handshake‚ the men began attacking him. He fell on the ground and was quick to rise and run for his life. The group of men suddenly increased in number and chased after him. Security guards at the building were thrown to the side as the meter taxi drivers kept asking “Ufunani lapha?” - meaning “what are you doing here?”Vadi jumped over the security checkpoint on the ground floor and ran with his attackers on his tail until he found a fire escape. The angry men tried to follow him and it was then that his guard fired a warning shot which stopped the men from advancing.The angry meter taxi drivers then went on the rampage and found an unsuspecting Uber driver who tried to calm things down.“Who are you?” they asked. The Uber taxi driver than made the mistake of answering: “I am an Uber driver.”They continued beating him until he managed to escape through the building entrance. However‚ more of the drivers were outside and the poor driver faced further assaults before he managed to flee from the vicinity.Meanwhile‚ a few policemen had arrived on the scene and Vadi was sneaked out of the building as the angry taxi drivers searched for his car‚ threatening to set it alight...