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Article: Gauteng's best taxi driver named.(News)
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- The Star (South Africa)
- Article date:
- September 30, 2008
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BYLINE: Thandi Skade
He is a man of few words, but he is officially Gauteng's finest taxi driver.
Meet Mateye Makola - a bashful 30-year-old from Soshanguve, near Pretoria - who outdrove thousands of entrants to the brandhouse Number One Taxi Driver campaign to clinch the coveted title of Gauteng's best taxi driver.
Speaking to The Star at the Southern Sun in Sandton after the announcement and prize giving ceremony yesterday, Makola said he was very happy and proud to have won the regional round.
Along with the title came a R5 000 cash prize, which he said he planned to use on fixing his family's home.
The campaign, which is in conjunction with the ...