KZN govt to help with funeral arrangements for e-hailing driver killed at Maponya Mall
Mthokozisi Mvelase was shot and set on fire inside his car last week while on duty.
Family members of an e-hailing driver who was shot & killed at Maponya Mall clean the area where he was killed on 14 August 2025. Picture: Jabulile Mbatha/EWN
DURBAN - The KwaZulu-Natal government has committed to helping with the funeral arrangements of an e-hailing driver who was killed at Maponya Mall in Soweto.
Mthokozisi Mvelase was shot and set on fire inside his car last week while on duty.
It's understood that he recently joined the e-hailing business after relocating to Johannesburg from KZN.
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His family has appealed for help to give him a dignified funeral.
Mvelase's family in Nhlungwane, outside Ulundi, said that they were still shocked by his death because he was trying to provide for himself and his loved ones.
His mother was hospitalised, as she battles with the pain of losing her only son.
On Monday, officials from the provincial social development department visited the grieving family, where MEC Mbali Shinga said the death had left community members with questions.
"Mthokozisi is known as a young man of peace and was respectful in the community, so they are just wondering what caused this whole thing."
Shinga said her department would reach out to other partners to help with funeral arrangements.