on air now
NOW PLAYING
Algoa FM Breakfast with Wayne, Lee and Charlie T
up next
Up Next
Roch-Lè Bloem
on air now
NOW PLAYING
Algoa FM Breakfast with Wayne, Lee and Charlie T
up next
Up Next
Roch-Lè Bloem
 

11 taxi drivers killed in KZN ambush


Officials from the Kwazulu Natal provincial government will be visiting the scene of an ambush in Colenso in which 11 taxi drivers from Gauteng were killed.

Officials from the Kwazulu Natal provincial government will be visiting the scene of an ambush in Colenso in which 11 taxi drivers from Gauteng were killed on Satuday night.


Kwazulu Natal police spokesperson, Brigadier Jay Naicker, said that the victims had attended a funeral near Greytown and had been returning home to Gauteng.

"On the R74 while passing Colenso it is alleged that they were ambushed by unknown assailants who opened fire on their vehicle.  11 people died on the scne, four were seriously injured and taken to hospital while two were unharmed," said Naicker.

He said that the KZN taxi violence task team have now taken over the investigation.