Lubhalwe nguPalesa Matlala
- Umshayeli wetekisi ugxume waphuma emotweni ihamba ebalekela abathumbi abamshayile bamsabisa ngokumbulala.
- Lesi sigameko sokuthumba senzeke ngesikhathi sodlame oludlule nemiphefumulo emibili ngemuva kwesinqumo senkantolo ngemizila yamatekisi.
Uphunyuke ekufeni umshayeli wetekisi waseSoweto ngokugxuma etekisini ebihamba ngemuva kokuthi izimbangi zakhe zimthumbe zamshaya ngesikhathi sodlame lwamatekisi lwangoMsombuluko.
Umshayeli obethukile utshele iScrollla.Africa ukuthi amadoda amabili amise itekisi yakhe e-White City ase ayalela bonke abagibeli bakhe ukuthi baphume.
Babe sebemphoqa ukuthi alale phansi ngaphakathi emotweni yakhe ngesikhathi bemshaya.
“Bengisanda kuqala umsebenzi wami wasekuseni ngamangala ngesikhathi abalisa bengena etekisini yami, bathatha ucingo lwami nemali baze bangishaya nangenduku yegalofu,” kusho umshayeli osekubhaceni.
Abahlaseli bakhe okusolakala ukuthi amalungu e-Nancefield Dube West Taxi Association (Nanduwe), bashayele bahamba naye eSoweto besabisa ngokumbulala. Wasindisa impilo yakhe ngokugxuma aphume imoto ihamba.
Lokhu kuhlasela kwenzeke ngosuku lodlame lapho kushone khona abantu ababili ngesikhathi osomatekisi bevala imigwaqo phakathi kwe-Orlando East neMofolo Central.
Umnikazi wetekisi ongaphansi kwe-Witwatersrand African Taxi Association (Wata) ushonele endaweni yesigameko ngesikhathi eshayiswa yimoto, kwathi owesifazane obebukele washona esendleleni eya esibhedlela i-Chris Hani Baragwanath.
Udlame lwenzeka ngemuva kokuthi iNkantolo eNkulu yakhipha isinqumo ngomhla zingama-25 kuNhlolanja sokuthi i-Wata ingasebenzisa imizila ebangwayo. IJaji uStuart Wilson uyalele iNanduwe ukuthi iyeke ukuhlukumeza amalungu e-Wata.
Okhulumela i-Wata, uMnuz Hamilton Miya, uthe bavumelene ngokuhlanganyela imizila neNanduwe ngesikhathi besalinde isixazululo.
“Asiqondi ukuthi kungani kufanele kuze kufe abantu nokuthi amatekisi ethu alinyazwe ngale ndlela, ngeke siziphindiselele futhi udaba sizoluyekela emaphoyiseni ukuthi aluxazulule,” kusho uMiya.
Impi yamatekisi isiqhubeke iminyaka engaphezulu kwe-10, ishiya abantu abaningi abangenacala beshonile noma belimele.
UNanduwe akatholakalanga ukuthi aphawule.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Isisulu sokuthunjwa.
Umthombo wesithombe: Palesa Matlala