Police are investigating the murder of the president of a taxi association who was shot multiple times.
The national president of the Federated Long and Local Distance Taxi Association , Justice Dusty Madalane, was gunned down at his business in Dwarsloop, which falls under the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, yesterday.
According to provincial police spokesperson Captain Magonseni Nkosi, Madalane was shot several times at his business. His son rushed him to Mapulaneng Hospital where he passed away.“We have registered a murder docket and investigations are ongoing. We don’t know the motive for this murder, but that will form part of the investigations,” says Nkosi.
“He was a very good leader who understood the taxi industry in a great way. It was not long ago that I was here to bury his son, who died in a road accident. We are extremely devastated and shocked to learn of Justice’s passing away,” he says.
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