Suspect arrested in connection with a taxi industry related murder.
The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Taxi Violence Unit detectives have arrested 32-year-old Qaphelani Nyawose, on Thursday, 28 August 2025 in connection with a taxi industry related murder.
On the afternoon of 17 July 2025, Mr Mohammed Abdul Hammid and his wife drove to a fast food store in Montclair, reportedly to meet a taxi owner who had offered Mr Hammid a work permit for him to join a local taxi association. The wife left the vehicle and got inside the store, and the husband remained seated inside his blue BMW.
Suddenly a white Ford Ranger with four occupants arrived and the occupants opened fire at Mr Hammid without saying a word. He was declared dead at the scene and his licenced firearm was found in his possession.
Metro Police officers who were in the vicinity noticed the getaway vehicle driving recklessly along South Coast Road and gave chase. The suspects abandoned the vehicle and fled, one on foot and others got inside a red Toyota Etios and escaped. An R5 rifle with two magazines and another magazine of a handgun were found inside the suspects’ vehicle.
The case was handed over to the Provincial Taxi Violence Unit and clues lifted from the vehicle revealed the identies of two suspects, both from Section A in Umlazi. On Thursday, 28 August 2025, police executed an operation in Umlazi which led to the arrest of Nyawose.
At the premises police identified another man who was seated inside a vehicle. Preliminary investigation revealed that the vehicle was reported stolen in Bayview in August 2025. The man was duly arrested for possession of a suspected stolen vehicle.
Nyawose appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Friday, 29 August 2025 and was remanded in custody. He will be in the dock again on 5 September 2025 for bail consideration.
A manhunt for the other three suspects who were involved in the murder is continuing.
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