A 49-year-old taxi driver was shot and killed while sitting in his vehicle in Burg Street, Rosebank, on Friday morning, Western Cape police said.

“The circumstances are under investigation and no one has been arrested as yet,” Lieutenant Colonel Andrè Traut said on Sunday.

“The motive is yet to be established.”

The incident happened around 05:00.

Police could not confirm reports that the victim was an Uber driver.