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Cape Town police offer rewards to solve high-profile murder cases.
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A taxi boss, school principal, and tourist were all murdered.
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Authorities hope cash rewards will encourage public cooperation.
Police in Cape Town are offering monetary rewards in at least three unresolved high-profile murder cases.
Principal and tourist deaths remain unsolved despite police efforts
The South African Police Service said officers are still working to solve the killings of a school principal, tourist, and taxi boss.
Rewards for information range from 50,000 rand and 100,000 rand, depending on the situation and importance of the information provided.
Police said a 50,000 rand reward is offered after the recent murder of taxi executive Mongi Titi at the Nyanga taxi rank.
Titi, who served on the CATA Regional Taxi Association, was shot and killed two weeks ago in a deliberate daylight attack.
Spokesperson Malcolm Pojie said the probe hasn’t resulted any arrests and urged anyone with genuine tips to come forward.
He stated authorities will offer the money to anyone whose information immediately leads to the arrest of those involved for Titi’s death.
Older incidents remain unsolved, including a January shooting involving a principal who was gunned down outside Ekuthuleni Primary School in Kraaifontein.
The principal was shot and died inside his vehicle on school premises; his wife sustained a bullet wound to the arm.
A 50,000 rand prize is also being offered for information that could aid police in solving that case.
Cape Town police offer rewards in high-profile murder cases
An even higher reward is being offered in connection with the murder of a British tourist in Nyanga in August 2023.
While taking a detour to get to the airport with his family, the man, a doctor, was shot in the head.
According to ewn, authorities claimed that because a taxi strike had blocked portions of the N2 highway, their GPS had rerouted them through Nyanga.
Without warning or provocation, an unidentified man approached their car, shot the doctor dead, and then ran away.
Police think financial incentives may persuade witnesses to help close cases that have dogged Cape Town communities for months.
