Cops identify taxi driver who allegedly beat Abigail Kubeka, search for him

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Police have identified the taxi driver who allegedly assaulted and left legendary singer and actress Abigail Kubeka with a bruised face following a road rage incident.
Kubeka, 74, was assaulted in Soweto two weeks ago. This happened after the two bumped into each other with their cars.


This allegedly happened at a traffic circle near Orlando and the taxi driver was driving a Toyota Quantum.


Kubeka said instead of the driver speaking with her about what had happened and settling the matter calmly, he accused her of causing the accident and hit her, injuring her face.


“He said I bumped him and then he hit me,” Kubeka said.




The Generations: The Legacy star said she opened a case with Orlando police station and took the driver’s licence plate number.


She said the Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure MEC Phalama Jacob Mamabolo had sympathised with her.


“They (police) are going to track him. The MEC came to hear my story,” Kubeka said.




She added that Mamabolo fetched her from work on Wednesday and they went to collect some documents at the police station. That was when they found out from senior officers that her case was yet to be attended to.


“That’s the way things are in this country,” Kubeka said.

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The singer says the taxi driver accused her of crashing into his vehicle and assaulted her, injuring her face.

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SAHRC shocked by 'barbaric attack' on Abigail Kubeka by taxi driver

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has vowed to reach out to actress and musician Abigail Kubeka who was allegedly assaulted by a taxi driver.


The commission said it had learnt with shock, through media reports, that 74-year-old Kubeka was allegedly assaulted last week following a motor vehicle collision involving a taxi at a traffic circle near Orlando, Soweto.


“It is alleged that the driver of the taxi alighted and assaulted Kubeka, with her being struck in the face and mouth,” said the commission on Friday.


It described the incident as a “barbaric act” and expressed concern at South Africa’s high rate of violence against women, often described as a “war on women”.


“In a society built on the notion of Ubuntu and respect for elders, the assault against Kubeka flies in the face of the South African society we all wish to foster,” said the commission.

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The South African Human Rights Commission has vowed to reach out to actress and musician Abigail Kubeka who was allegedly assaulted by a taxi driver.

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