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MEC Mitchell taking steps to declare Nyanga high-risk zone

The Western Cape Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell is on Friday taking steps to declare the Nyanga area a high-risk zone in respect of taxi violence. This follows violence that coincided with a march in Cape Town's CBD on Thursday and a disruptive slow-moving convoy on the highway. Taxi operators highlighted various grievances including issues around operating licences and the impounding of taxis. During the unrest, three Golden Arrow busses were […]

26 March 2022

Local

Western Cape police calls on communities with information regarding taxi violence to come forward

Western Cape police are calling on communities in areas that have been affected by ongoing taxi violence to come forward with any information that would assist them with their investigations. More than 80 people have been killed in the Western Cape in taxi-related violence between taxi associations, CATA and CODETA since the start of the year. Twenty-four of them have been shot and killed since the start of this month. […]

28 July 2021

Local

WC taxi ranks affected by B97 route closure & alternative transport options

On Friday, Western Cape MEC for Transport Daylin Mitchells announced the closure of a major taxi route, the B97 between Mbekweni in Paarl and Bellville from Monday. This follows weeks of taxi violence in the province. Here is a list of affected taxi ranks and lanes: Closed ranks in Bellville and Mbekweni Bellville Public Transport Interchange Mbekweni rank (Mohajane Street) Mbekweni rank (Shoprite Midway Centre) Unofficial taxi rank on Bellrail […]

25 July 2021

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

WC gov to launch Blue Dot Taxi initiative next month

The Western Cape government has launched an initiative aimed at reducing illegal taxi operations and the deadly conflict in the industry. The provincial government's Blue Dot Taxi was launched in Cape Town, and will initially include over a thousand vehicles. They will participate in an incentive programme aimed at rewarding good behaviour. Recent incidents of violence around taxi routes and illegal operations have led to the loss of 16 lives […]

5 March 2021

Local

11 dead in alleged taxi violence shooting in KZN

Eleven people are confirmed dead in an ambush shooting on the R74 in KwaZulu-Natal, which is now being investigated as an incident of taxi violence, police said on Sunday. "We have dispatched our taxi violence unit to the scene," said police spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker. On Saturday night, a minibus taxi from Gauteng was travelling from a funeral at Ematimotolo back to Johannesburg, along the R74 road between Colenso and […]

22 July 2018

Local

MEC threatens to shut down CT taxi ranks hit by violence

Western Cape Transport MEC Donald Grant has threatened to shut down Cape Town taxi ranks hit by recent violence and has asked Transport Minister Blade Nzimande to help resolve the war over routes. "MEC Grant has requested a meeting with Minister Nzimande to discuss the matter. We are awaiting a response," said Grant's spokesperson Siphesihle Dube said. In a notice published in the Government Gazette on May 22, Grant stated: […]

30 May 2018

Local

9 killed, three injured in Western Cape taxi violence

Nine people were shot dead and three others injured in alleged taxi violence in the Western Cape, police said on Saturday. The men were killed in different locations around Cape Town on Friday afternoon until the early hours of Saturday morning, police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said. Rwexana said officers arrested two people, aged 39 and 45, in Gugulethu following a shooting incident in Wynberg, where a taxi driver was […]

27 May 2018

News

Delft community on edge as taxi violence continues

The situation in Delft seems calm at present, as police continue to monitor the area on Thursday. Residents reported this morning that gunshots were fired and local schools had to send learners home. The Delft Taxi Association and the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association are at war over taxi routes and illegal operators. The violence has left two drivers dead and many injured. When VOC News arrived in the area at […]

23 March 2017

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