A loud bang followed an alarming discomfort to the cheek is how Newzroom Afrika reporter Mweli Masilela described the moments a rubber bullet made contact with his face during the hostile moments when police were gunning for taxi operators who had closed off roads in Kanyamazane, in Mpumalanga on Monday.
As some taxi ranks across the country defied lockdown Level 3 laws to fill their taxis to full capacity, reporter Masilela escaped a near-death moment in Kanyamazane, when he was caught in the crossfire between disgruntled taxi operators and the police. He recalls taxi operators fleeing from gunslinging officers who somehow did not see his tripod and camera when they hit him.
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