The City of Cape Town is offering an R100 000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of those who targeted police officials and municipality workers. | Lisaleesolomon1
The reward was offered after two off-duty police constables were shot at traffic lights in Khayelitsha on Friday while travelling in a marked vehicle.
In other incidents, City staff members and vehicles were targeted recently when taxi-related violence in Nyanga and surrounding areas reached boiling point on Friday.READ | City mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith, said authorities were aware of claims that people in the taxi industry were collecting funds to hire"hitmen" to target police officers and other law enforcement services employees. SAPS spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said a 72-hour activation plan had been put in place to ensure the arrest of the gunmen who attacked the police constables, aged 29 and 30, on Friday night.
"The two [officers] stopped at the traffic lights in the marked vehicle and were shot at. They are both being treated for injuries in hospital," Van Wyk said.Khayelitsha police opened two attempted murder cases, Van Wyk added.This week, City law enforcement officials impounded 43 vehicles - 36 amaphela and seven minibuses.
The City and taxi operators have been locked in an ongoing dispute over permits which led to the spike in violence in the area.In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust. For 14 free days, you can have access to a world of in-depth analyses, investigative journalism, top opinions and a range of features. Journalism strengthens democracy. Invest in the future today. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month.
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