Innocent commuters pay with their lives in KZN taxi war

A task force helped quell taxi violence in the Ugu and Harry Gwala districts, but since their removal the violence has reared its head again

05 March 2023 - 20:52 By Sakhiseni Nxumalo

For two weeks, Monica Hlomendlini, 70, sat on a mattress facing two candles symbolising her two late sons, who were riding a taxi when gunmen opened fire on it in Harding, south of KwaZulu-Natal. ..

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