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MyCiTi bus company director shot dead ISOLABANTU A director and board member of a MyCiTi bus Vehicle Operating Company – Kidrogen – was shot dead at the MyCiTi bus depot on Wednesday, 30 November 2017. George Phuravhathu was shot in the upper body multiple times and died on the scene from the fatal gunshot wounds. Phuravhathu had just stepped out of the company’s annual general meeting and was sitting in a Toyota Fortuner talking to a fellow board member, who was also shot multiple times in the upper body. Confirming the incident, Table View police spokesperson,

Captain Adriana Chandler, said that Phuravhathu had died on the scene from the multiple gunshot wounds. “He died at 17:30,” said Chandler. The MyCiTi bus depot at Stables near Kwa 5 is fully equipped with CCTV cameras and even though footage of Phuravhathu and his associate’s shooting was handed over to the police to aid their investigation, Chandler said that the suspect cannot be identified from the CCTV footage. The motive of the shooting, she said is unknown and still being investigated. Phuravhathu was among the first taxi bosses involved in the negotiations with the City of

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Company director, George Phuravhathu, was shot multiple times in the upper body directly after attending the Kidrogen AGM at the MyCiTi stables bus depot, on Wednesday, 30 November 2017. He died at the scene. Photo. Isolabantu News helped with the counting of the votes and was as happy as always. “We never expected that [the shooting] to happen especially to George… He was one of the first guys who had negotiated the 12-years contract with us and from the beginning. He was a director and a board member. George is a guy we didn’t think could get in harm’s way. He did not hurt or harm anybody. We are shocked,” said the board member. The City of Cape Town’s mayco member for Transport, Brett Herron said: “I can confirm that

Cape Town to get a better deal from the roll out and implementation of the MyCiTi bus services on the West Coast. Negotiations between the City and the affected taxi bosses on the west coast had started in 2008. A Kidrogen board member who did not want to be named for fear of his safety and who also attended the annual general meeting told Isolabantu News that he was shocked when he heard that Phuravhathu had just been shot dead. He said that he was with him at the meeting during the day and that Phuravhathu had

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Mr George Phuravhathu – a director from Kidrogen, a MyCiTi vehicle operating company – was shot and fatally wounded at approximately 17:30, on 29 November 2017. The incident took place at the entrance to the Stables depot in Killarney where the victim was waiting for a taxi ride home.” Herron said he condemns the senseless loss of life and sympathises with Mr Phuravhathu’s loved ones. He further said that all video footage from the internal CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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