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“AN INDUSTRY RUN by MAFIAS” Everson Luhanga Sunday 14th February 2021, 0145 Real News. Scrolla.Africa “AN INDUSTRY RUN BY MAFIAS” Everson Luhanga The release of the Commission of Inquiry report into Taxi Violence in Gauteng, has brought back sad memories to Sibusiso Zwane whose cousin Floyd Ndlovu was gunned down in 2015. Floyd, who owned and operated taxis, died in a hail of bullets and his killers are still unknown today. He was gunned down in front of his wife and children in Tsutsumani on the outskirts of Alexandra, north of Johannesburg. “It is an industry run by Mafias,” Sibusiso told Scrolla.Africa. Sibusiso, who is also a taxi owner and driver, said the industry is very rich – and dangerous. He remembered the day his cousin died. “He was driving from Greenstone to his home in Tsutsumani just on the outskirts of Alexandra when he was followed by a Golf and a BMW. “The BMW had just dropped a hitman outside Floyd’s house and parked just behind the house. When my cousin arrived at his house, the hitman started shooting at him. He retaliated and shot back. “The two people sitting in the BMW realised that there was a shootout. They came back and joined the show. “The man on the passenger seat in the BMW pulled out a big rifle and fired several shots at Floyd. He died with his gun in his hands,” said Sibusiso. He said Floyd’s wife, who was at home with the children, managed to lock the children in one room while their father died in a hail of bullets at his front gate. Sibusiso said the violence in the industry has left behind many orphans and widows who are struggling to look after their children. “Many children have dropped out from school or universities.” Floyd left behind five taxis which cannot be used as his wife cannot make it in the business. The business is male-dominated and hard for women to get into. The Commission of Inquiry into Taxi Violence, which released its report on Thursday, was appointed by Gauteng Premier David Makhura in September 2019. It had damning findings including that some of the weapons used in the murders belonged to the police. The inquiry also stated that suspects in taxi violence murders are usually not found. Proteas have a vacancy at skipper Sphiwe Masilela While the South African national men’s team are not doing well so far in their Pakistan tour, there is another burning issue that is boggling the minds of South African cricket lovers. And that is who will take over the captaincy role? Current captain Quinton de Kock, who serves in all three formats (Test series, T20 and ODI), is likely to be replaced as a Test captain when the National Selection Panel (NSP) assesses the tour. Proteas head coach, Mark Boucher said the captaincy saga will be dealt with immediately when the team returns before Pakistan’s visit to South Africa in April. “We have a bit of time now before our next Test series. We can sit down and probably make a good solid call on who will take over from him, [de Kock]” said Boucher. Like every tour, the NSP sits down and vigorously analyses the tour as a whole which includes, among other things, team performance and the critical issue of who's captain. De Kock occupied the skipper role on an interim basis last year February following the abrupt stepping down of then captain Faf du Plessis, while Cricket South Africa (CSA) said they were looking for the right candidate for the role. The 28-year-old wicket-keeper-batsman’s notable achievement in his short spell includes guiding the Proteas to a 2-0 series whitewash of Sri Lanka. However, since then, things have gone sour for de Kock. As things stand, nothing is going well for the Proteas in Pakistan, having lost the Test series 2-0 while trailing 1-nil in the first T20 games. Among other names that are being thrown into the hat are: opening batsman Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen. Picture source: @OfficialCSA Bayern are world champs Menzi Magubane Bayern Munich became the first team since Barcelona in 2009 to win all domestic and European titles they competed for in a single year. On Thursday night the Barbarians won the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup. The European champions beat Tigers UANL of Mexico 1-0 in the final at Education City Stadium in Qatar. But it only took them two matches to capture the world title. The Germans first beat Pitso Mosimane's Al Ahly 2-0 on Monday to reach the final. But the competition's format has received a lot of criticism - especially the way European and South American teams are allowed to join the tournament at a later stage. The current format of the tournament involves seven teams competing for the title. It's the winners of that year in Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania and Europe, along with the host nation's national champions. They all participate in a straight knock-out tournament. The host nation's national champions contest a play-off against the Oceania champions. The winner joins the champions of Asia, Africa and North America in the quarter-finals. The quarter-final winners go on to face the European and South American champions, who enter at the semi-final stage, for a place in the final. Before the tournament Mosimane said: "It is unfair to other teams to see others being prioritised. European teams get special treatment in this competition and it's not fair." It took Bayern an hour to find a winning goal that was scored by Benjamin Pavard. But the 2020 World player of the year, Robert Lewandowski, yet again received another big award in this competition. The Polish striker was awarded with the player of the tournament after getting two man of the matches against Ahly and Tigers. "We were determined to win,” said a jubilant Lewandowski at Fifa.com. “At half-time I said that we need to get crosses into the box, and that’s how the goal arrived. It’s fantastic." Picture source:@robertlewandowski .
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