The Eastern Cape business sector suffered a further blow after another young businessman in the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipal area was gunned down in cold blood.
In March, popular Mthatha businessman Zwelinzima “PK” Dweba posted a photo of himself and fellow young businessman Lwazi Ntanta, who had just been gunned down in the town, grieving Ntanta’s death.
Five Eastern Cape taxi operators were gunned down at least three of them by an AK-47-wielding assassin in two separate attacks on Sunday. The shootings, which happened in broad daylight, have left the surrounding communities shocked by their brutality. Three of the taximen were killed minutes after sharing a birthday lunch celebration at Nando’s in Mthatha’s Savoy Park.