Traffic came to a standstill in Pretoria Road in Silverton, Pretoria, on Friday morning when Mamelodi Local and Long Distance Taxi Association (Malldta) and Mamelodi Amalgamated Taxi Association (Mata) members protested at Silverton police station over the spike of killings, hijackings and robberies of taxi operators in the township east of Pretoria in recent months.
The protest came after the fifth taxi driver was killed on Wednesday night by an alleged syndicate.
Malldta and Mata are demanding police minister and safety MECo intervene in the brutal murders of the taxi drivers at Solomon Mahalngu Drive and Zambezi Road. The associations are threatening to shut down taxi stations in Mamelodi and all the police stations in the township and in Silverton if their demands are not met.“We don’t belong to any gang and we are taxi operators and we are only seeking police intervention in these brutal murders.
“We don’t want to take law into our own hands but if police fail us we will protect ourselves, ” said Monageng.
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