'I fear for my safety but must put bread on the table': Women walk to work as taxi violence rattles Cape Town

'I know of women walking up to 50km through the night, or in the rain, to get to work': taxi war in Cape Town

Informal minibus taxis complete about 15m trips daily, according to government data, a service that commuters say is marred by harassment and high risk of accidents.

During this recent bout of taxi violence around the Western Cape, activists say women are particularly at risk in a country where police statistics show a sexual offence is committed every 10 minutes. At least 83 people have been killed since January in the intermittent clashes, according to the province's department of transport and public works.

“This is not only about a taxi route, this really speaks to the core of our community's struggle to feel safe,” said Fredericks, who also runs a women-only taxi service from the gang-ridden Cape Flats of the Western Cape.Apartheid spatial planning that physically divided cities according to racial groups left many Black and mixed-race South Africans on the outskirts of town and far from economic opportunities.

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