Taxi boss shot dead in Dwarsloop

The national president of the Federated Long and Local Distance Taxi Association (FELLDTA), Justice Dusty Madalane, was gunned down on his business premises in Dwarsloop under the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality today.

Madalane was also a board member and treasurer of Bushbuckridge Community Radio and was said to have gone the extra mile to see the station succeed.
According to a provincial police spokesperson, Captain Magonseni Nkosi, Madalane was shot several times on his business premises. His son rushed him to Mapulaneng Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. He said the police rushed to the hospital, but got there too late to interview him.
The police are now investigating the murder. “We have registered a murder docket and investigations are ongoing. We don’t know the motive for this murder, but that will form part of the investigations,” said Nkosi.

He was a great man who loved the radio station with all his heart. He would go as far as utilising his own resources just to make sure the radio station was successful in its endeavours.

FELLDTA is an affiliate of the National Taxi Alliance (NTA). The NTA’s national co-ordinator, Frans Kgasago, said the alliance was extremely devastated. “He was a very good leader who understood the taxi industry in a great way. It is not long ago that I was here to bury his son, who had died in a road accident. We are extremely devastated and shocked to learn of Justice’s passing away,” he said.

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Meanwhile, Radio Bushbuckridge’s station manager, Mama Carol Kintu, said she did not have words to explain how she felt about the incident. “He was a great man who loved the radio station with all his heart. He would go as far as utilising his own resources just to make sure the radio station was successful in its endeavours. I am actually speechless about what has happened and am sending my condolences to his family, friends and colleagues,” said Kintu.

He was also a very personal friend of mine who had even graduated into a brother. He has left a massive void, and I’m still struggling to deal with the reality of his passing.

Radio Bushbuckridge’s marketing executive, Mulawu Mathye, said Madalane’s departure left a massive void at the radio station and the Bushbuckridge community at large. “He was also a very personal friend of mine who had even graduated into a brother. He has left a massive void, and I’m still struggling to deal with the reality of his passing,” he said.

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Madalane had recently pledged to donate R20 000 to Radio Bushbuckridge during a fundraising gala dinner at the Thulamahashe Stadium that was attended by health MEC Sasekani Manzini and Bushbuckridge mayor Lydia Moroane.
Mathye was the function’s organiser.