JOHANNESBURG police fired stun grenades and towed taxis away after several taxi drivers blockaded West Street in the centre of the city. The drivers blockaded the street during a demonstration involving some 400 people, who were apparently protesting against the murder of National Taxi Drivers’ Association executive member Velaphi Mzuza on Thursday night. Mzuza was shot in front of Marvick Mansions on the corner of Plein and Claim streets around 8pm on Thursday.
Meanwhile police say two Golden Arrow busses were damaged near the N2 in Khayelitsha outside Cape Town on Friday morning. However no passengers were on the bus at the time of the vandalism.