WATCH: Taxi association guards open fire at e-hailing car in eThekwini

Staff Reporter

Security guards allegedly opened fire on an e-hailing car in KwaNdengezi, west of Durban, on Wednesday night, after ordering the driver to remove his female passengers.

The driver allegedly lost control and crashed into another vehicle after shots were fired at the car’s tyres, KwaZulu-Natal Transport and Human Settlements MEC Siboniso Duma said on Thursday.

The incident, captured in a video circulating online, has triggered an investigation by the department’s public regulatory entity and Operation Shanela, working with police and Metro Police.

Duma said the department was alerted to the incident after receiving “distressed” calls from the leadership of the KZN