Siyabonga ngcobo
Taxify, Namola form partnership over drivers' safety
The partnership which saw the launch of a panic button for drivers was influenced by the murder of 21-year-old Taxify operator Siyabonga Ngcobo in Pretoria last...
Transport Minister Blade Nzimande says the violence between metered taxis, Uber and Taxify, in Gauteng remains a great concern to his department.
A Taxfiy driver was recently murdered in Sunnyside in an incident thought to be linked to the feud.
Hundreds of Taxify & Uber drivers were joined by the activist group Not in My Name as they embarked on a protest in Pretoria on Friday demanding justice for Taxify driver Siyabonga Ngcobo (21).
A march by activist group Not in My Name was held in Pretoria on Friday with demonstrators demanding justice for Siyabonga Ngcobo (21).
Demonstrators are moving from the Tshwane University of Technology, where Ncgobo was a student, to the scene where his charred remains were found in his car last week.
Siyabonga Ngcobo's charred remains were found in his car in what his colleagues believe is a murder that was carried out by rival metered taxi drivers.
On Wednesday, both MEC Ismail Vadi and Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane visited the family to send their condolences and support.
Taxify representatives and local government visit the students home on Wednesday to pay their respects.
Twenty-one-year-old Siyabonga Ngcobo, a Sports Management student at the Tshwane University of Technology, was murdered in Arcadia.
TUT student Siyabonga Ngcobo, who was operating a Taxify cab in Pretoria, was murdered last week allegedly by metered taxi operators
The 21-year-old Sports Management student Siyabonga Ngcobo was shoved into his Taxify vehicle on Thursday night and set alight in Sunnyside.
Tensions reached boiling point again on Friday after the body of Taxify driver Siyabonga Ngcobo was found in his burnt car in Sunnyside.
Siyabonga Ngcobo’s burnt body was discovered by police in the early hours of Friday morning, after his colleagues tried to save him but arrived too late on the scene.
Siyabonga Ngcobo was shoved into the boot of his vehicle, kidnapped and set alight on Thursday night.
After being kidnapped and set alight, Siyabonga Ngcobo's burnt body was later found in the boot of his vehicle.