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Taxi industry worst affected by northern KZN taxi ambush: Santaco

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Santaco in KZN says the taxi industry has suffered a great loss with this weekend's massacre of taxi drivers in Colenso. Eleven members of Gauteng's Ivory Park Taxi Association died in a hail of bullets on R74 between Colenso and Weenen on Saturday. The taxi council's Mathula Mkhize feels the killings have cast a blight on efforts to stop violence in the industry.
23 Jul 2018 10AM English South Africa News · Daily News

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