UK surgeon killed in Cape Town taxi strike

The family of a UK surgeon who was killed in Nyanga during the Cape Town taxi strike, claims police 'chatted' while he was dying.

The family of a UK surgeon who was killed in Nyanga during the Cape Town taxi strike , claims police 'chatted' while he was dying. Kar Hao Teoh, an orthopaedic surgeon at Princess Alexandra Hospital, in Harlow, Essex, died in front of his mother, wife and two-year-old son. Photo: Supplied/ Family photo NHS surgeon Dr Kar Hao Teoh was tragically shot and killed in Nyanga, Cape Town , in front of his wife, mother and young son on 3 August while on a two-week holiday in South Africa.

The family were on their way back to the Mother City after a day of whale watching in Hermanus and penguin-spotting at Betty’s Bay when police allegedly directed them towards Nyanga at the height of the violent South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) taxi strike at the time. The strike erupted due to new by-laws which allowed for authorities to impound minibus taxis when drivers do not obey traffic laws and vehicles are not roadworth

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