Clashes between taxi associations are leaving people intimated, injured, and dead.
The member of the executive council for transport in Gauteng province, Ismail Vadi, plans to close down affected public taxi ranks and routes as violence between warring associations continues unabated in Soweto.
”The Gauteng provincial government will not allow a situation where alleged hitmen are hired to attack taxi leaders, commuters, and taxi operators with impunity,” he said. On Tuesday, six people were shot at and 10 vehicles damaged during attacks on minibus taxis. Another attack took place last month in Diepkloof, leaving several vehicles damaged by a hail of bullets.
A notice on the planned closures will be published in the provincial government gazette. Interested persons should submit written responses or representations by March 8, said Vadi.
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