Forty-three people were shot dead in the first six months of this year in the Western Cape’s intractable taxi violence, while close to 100 have been arrested and 40 are on court rolls in connection with the conflict
Paid hitmen have been shooting drivers, taxi rank marshals and taxi guards in a deadly cycle. Soon there will be another hit, in revenge for the last one — and so it has continued since late last year.
The feud stems from a decades-old rivalry between the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association , and the Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi Association . “It’s worrying, but I’m hopeful that the leaders will come to their senses. We’ve agreed on regular meetings. But we must also pay attention to their concerns when it comes to the integrated public transport network,” Madikizela said.
“We’ve had good engagements and people spoke out openly,” Madikizela said. “They were emotional. But we can’t end up with a situation where they end up killing each other. This will kill their business. The shootings have been largely concentrated in busy transport nodes such as Belville and Delft, but areas plagued by taxi violence include Paarl, Bloekombos, Ceres, Masiphumelele and Nyanga. Affiliates of either Cata or Codeta are involved.
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