FROM THE COURTS: The Wynberg Regional Court has handed down an 18‑year direct prison sentence to a man convicted of murdering a taxi driver and wounding a passenger in Vrygrond near Muizenberg.

The 29-year-old deceased was driving from Wynberg with a full load of passengers on Friday, 04 November 2022, 

When he stopped at a stop sign in Vygrond Avenue he was shot and fatally wounded. One of the passengers also sustained injuries during the shooting.

It was reported at the time of the incident, there was an unresolved conflict between members of a taxi association and a gang.

The case docket was allocated to Detective Sergeant Patrick Mdokwana of the Taxi Violence Unit, who, through meticulous investigation, made a breakthrough. Bjorn Davids was arrested in November 2022 and remained in custody for the duration of the trial.

On Wednesday, 09 September 2026, Davids was sentenced to 15 years’ direct imprisonment for murder and 10 years’ imprisonment for attempted murder, of which seven years will run concurrently with count one. 

He was further declared unfit to possess a firearm.