News24 reports that the City of Cape Town's efforts to restart the MyCiTi N2 Express bus route from Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha has been dealt a blow after one of the taxi bosses who was to have been a signatory to the agreement was shot dead.

The Congress of Democratic Taxi Association (Codeta) general secretary Cecil Dibela was killed on Monday afternoon at Monwabisi beach. A police spokesperson confirmed the murder and indicated: “The motive for the attack is taxi related. The unknown suspects fled the scene and are yet to be arrested.” On Tuesday, the City, along with taxi bosses, were scheduled to sign an agreement that would enable the MyCiTi N2 Express buses to operate on the Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain routes. The service was abruptly halted in May 2019 amid disagreements over its rollout. After a more than two year absence, the City of Cape Town recently announced that the service was set to return, adding that it "successfully concluded the supply chain management process". Mayoral committee member for transport, Roberto Quintas, condemned “the fatal brutality that has the potential to throw the City into a spate of taxi conflict, causing danger and disruption in the lives of our commuters.” He added that it was also devastating for the resumption of the MyCiTi N2 Express service.

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