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Police Confirm Taxi Owner Killed Near Strand Was an Off-Duty Officer

Local authorities have opened an investigation into a murder after a 42-year-old off-duty officer was shot and killed on Mgidlana Street in Asanda Village, Lwandle, near Strand, on Thursday morning. Reports indicate that the officer, a taxi owner affiliated with the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA), was fatally shot by unknown gunmen. SAPS spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie said the suspects are still at large. “The deceased was driving down […]

5 September 2025

Local

Referendum Party Welcomes High Court Interdict Against Taxi Associations

The Referendum Party has welcomed an urgent interdict granted by the Western Cape High Court, which bars intimidation by taxi associations and compels them to comply with the law. The move follows a surge of taxi-related violence that has left several commuters dead and wounded in Philippi, Khayelitsha, Macassar, and Somerset West. Party leader Phil Craig urged authorities to enforce the court order decisively, warning that any hesitation would embolden […]

30 August 2025

Local

CATA and CODETA Reach Agreement Over Disputed Routes

In a significant development for Cape Town’s transport sector, two of the Western Cape’s largest taxi associations — the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA) and the Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi Association (CODETA) — have finally reached a consensus on long-disputed taxi routes. Transport operations in the affected areas have been repeatedly disrupted, with commuters often placed at risk due to ongoing tensions and deadly violence. The conflict has […]

25 June 2025

Local

CATA secretary gunned down in Nyanga

Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA) has confirmed that the Secretary of CATA, Mongi Titi, was shot and killed in Nyanga on Wednesday afternoon. CATA spokesperson Nkululeko Sityebi said the details surrounding the incident are unknown at this stage and is urging any witnesses to come forward to assist the South African Police Services (SAPS) in bringing the perpetrators to book. “Our heartfelt condolences go out to those who have lost […]

17 April 2025

Local

Western Cape requests more soldier deployment amid rising taxi violence

The Western Cape province has made an official request for a deployment of more soldiers to quell the ongoing taxi violence in the province. The soldiers are assisting law enforcement officials to bring stability in the affected routes. At least 24 people have been killed in the past two weeks in an ongoing feud linked to warring taxi associations, the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA) and the Congress of Democratic […]

23 July 2021

Local

CATA, CODETA to meet with police in efforts to quell continued taxi violence

A taxi driver has been gunned down near Mfuleni in Cape Town’s northern suburbs and another man wounded during ongoing taxi violence in the Western Cape. Warring taxi associations, the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA) and Congress of Democratic Taxi Association (CODETA), will meet with government authorities in Brackenfell again on Saturday in an effort to quell the violence. In recent weeks, at least 15 people have been killed in the taxi […]

17 July 2021

News

CATA taxi boss gunned down

Authorities have condemned the murder of a Cape Town taxi boss, gunned down at his home yesterday evening. Dan Khumalo was a senior leader in the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA). Western Cape MEC for Transport Donald Grant has described the murder as senseless and tragic. “After receiving the news, I immediately called Mr Vernon Billet, the President of SANTACO in the Western Cape, to extend my condolences and express […]

26 March 2018

CATA

Police Confirm Taxi Owner Killed Near Strand Was an Off-Duty Officer

Referendum Party Welcomes High Court Interdict Against Taxi Associations

CATA and CODETA Reach Agreement Over Disputed Routes

CATA secretary gunned down in Nyanga

Western Cape requests more soldier deployment amid rising taxi violence

CATA, CODETA to meet with police in efforts to quell continued taxi violence

CATA taxi boss gunned down

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