Gauteng Taxi Association Boss Shot Dead, 3rd Taxi-Related Killing in 3 Days
- A taxi boss was shot and killed in Alexandria in Johannesburg, as taxi violence escalates in the Gauteng province
- The shooting happened three days after two officials were gunned down, and the South African Police Service is investigating
- The Gauteng SAPS also revealed that almost 90 people were murdered in the province since April 2025
Tebogo Mokwena, Briefly News’ Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk, South Africa, covered a range of criminal activities, including cash-in-transit heists, kidnappings, taxi violence, shootings, police investigations, police shootouts, and court cases at Daily Sun for over three years.
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ALEXANDRA, JOHANNESBURG — The South African Police Service (SAPS) is investigating another taxi violence-related murder in Gauteng. This was after a taxi boss was killed on 4 December 2025, three days after two were killed in taxi violence.
According to eNCA, Vusi Mayaba, the chairperson of the Alexandra Taxi Association, was gunned down in Woodmead Shopping Centre's parking lot in the evening. Two men approached Mayaba and, armed with automatic rifles, shot him. They then fled the scene. Mayaba's death came after two officials from the same association were killed in Midrand. No arrests have been made for either incident.
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Taxi violence in South Africa
SAPS in Gauteng indicated that 85 people died in taxi violence-related incidents since April 2025. The province's deputy provincial commissioner, General Fred Kekana, said 43 suspects were arrested. Only 10 suspects are incarcerated, and 33 have been released on bail.
Incidents of taxi violence in the country occurred in many provinces, but many of the violent incidents were reported from Gauteng and the Western Cape. A Western Cape taxi owner was killed on 16 September 2205 inside his vehicle in Brown's Farm in Nyanga on the Cape Flats. The victim's death occurred as two rival taxi associations, namely the Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi Association (CODETA) and the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA) warred for routes in the province.
A CATA official was shot dead on 29 October 2025 while travelling on the F300 southbound. He was killed shortly after the Western aoe Provincial Government lifted a 30-day ban on 10 routes in the province. The ban was enacted after CATA and CODETA battled for routes.
Gauteng taxi boss gunned down
In a related article, Briefly News reported that the South African Police Service shut down sections of Marlboro in Johannesburg on 30 October. This was after a taxi boss was shot and killed. The incident resulted in an accident that involved multiple vehicles.
The shooting reportedly occurred on the intersection of 4th Street, 8th Street, and Viola Road. Molefe Molekeletsi, the chairperson of the Alexander Randburg Midrand Taxi Association, was shot and killed in broad daylight. An unknown number of vehicles collided with each other in an attempt to flee the scene.
Kekana slammed the killings and called on taxi associations involved in taxi wars to cease. He also called on them to engage the government and each other to resolve the conflict.
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