Chairperson of the Ntuzuma Taxi Association, Velaphi Gumede, has apologised for the violent behaviour displayed allegedly by one of his taxi drivers.
The irate taxi owner said he plans to fire the driver as soon as possible if indeed he is the one captured on camera violently beating a woman in a taxi in KwaZulu-Natal.
The taxi boss confirmed that the registration is his taxi, which is a long distance taxi, travelling from the Berea to the Eastern Cape.
He said he was in Johannesburg when he received calls from friends on Wednesday informing him regarding a video on social media which showed one of his drivers violently beating a woman outside a parking lot.
The taxi owner said the driver has been working with him for more than five years and this is the first time he has ever heard of such an incident.
Gumede said he did not want to frighten commuters and promised that he would make sure that the incident does not happen again.
The South African taxi industry has also condemned the brutal attack.
Provincial deputy chairman of the South African National Taxi Coalition Bheki Mbambo condemned the incident and said to hear that a taxi driver has done such an action was embarrassing.
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