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Cape Town routes being monitored after taxi boss shot dead

Fears of renewed taxi violence are sparked after the body of a leader of the Congress of Democratic Taxi Association was found on sand dunes near Khayelitsha

Commuters using minibus taxis will not see tariff increases just yet as taxi associations refrain from fare increases despite rising fuel costs.

Taxi operators clash with cops over disputed Route B97 in Cape Town

Three suspects remain in custody following their arrest on charges of attempted murder and assault after eight taxis were impounded

Man accused of killing four at Cape taxi rank granted R10 000 bail

Mbongeni Songo is facing four counts of murder and one of attempted murder. A fifth person was wounded in the same incident

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the SANDF deployment in his 12 February State of the Nation Address. (David Harrison/M&G)

Three men killed in apparent Cape Town taxi violence flare-up

Three members affiliated with taxi association Cata have been gunned down at the Joe Slovo minibus taxi rank in Cape Town

Rivals agree on new measures to end Cape Town taxi dispute

But key route remains closed and affected areas halt issuing of operating licences

Standstill: The ongoing taxi war has put a strain on transport, leaving commuters waiting for hours in Cape Town’s city centre. (David Harrison/M&G)

Taxi violence: Fight for survival in Cape Town’s dangerous turf war

The flare-up of the taxi war in the Western Cape has again shown the industry’s ability to hold commuters, the state and the local economy to ransom

Public transport in Cape Town and its surrounds has stabilised somewhat following two weeks of disruption due to ongoing conflict over routes between two rival taxi associations.

Cape Town transport stabilised after two weeks of taxi violence

But despite the calm, rival taxi associations have not yet made peace in their turf war

Public transport in Cape Town and its surrounds has stabilised somewhat following two weeks of disruption due to ongoing conflict over routes between two rival taxi associations.

Western Cape taxi violence claims more lives, wary residents eye looting in Gauteng and KZN

The ongoing taxi war in the Western Cape claimed the lives of three more people on Tuesday as the province braces itself for the possibility of the looting that has rocked…

A spokesperson for Cele said he would provide details soon on the outcome of the meeting.

‘These killings must stop’, Cele tells taxi bosses

The meeting was held in Cape Town as a response to shootings around the city