PRETORIA - The family of an e-hailing driver, who was killed in Pretoria West this week, is pleading for assistance to return his body home to Nigeria.
22-year-old Isaac David Satlat, was strangled to death by two passengers who had requested the e-hailing service.
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The hijacked vehicle and Satlat's body were found in Atteridgeville on the same day.
Satlat's uncle and family spokesperson, Otila Onoja, said their family is devastated.
"We need funds to take him back home so that he can be laid to rest in his hometown where he's from. We need more to be done. This is very heartbreaking for us and we need more safety for other people who are working on this job, like Isaac."
Satlat, who was studying mobile engineering, was set to graduate next month.
South Africa's Meter Taxi and E-hailing Association's Eugene Ngoetjana says drivers are being targeted by criminals.
"My gut is telling me that this is criminality. It was opportunism. If anything, we found that our drivers are highly targeted simply because it's easy for anyone to just request the right. It's literally the easiest or the most laziest form of criminality that we find in society today. So to be honest, it is just something that is linked to our job's bloodbath, a lack of opportunities, and criminality will, what can I say, fester in this kind of economic conditions and not to make an excuse for the criminality itself, but that was pure opportunism, that was pure criminality, and it cannot be conflated with other broader issues."
Authorities have arrested a woman in connection with the killing, after she handed herself over to Atteridgeville police.
She will appear in court on Monday, on charges of hijacking and murder.
Police spokesperson Colonel Mavela Masondo said more arrests are imminent as investigations continue.
eNCA's Naomi Kobbie reports.