Taxi Violence
latest news & developmentsIpid accuses KZN task team of extrajudicial killings
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) deputy director Len John testified before the Madlanga commission, alleging that cash-in-transit task team commander Deena…
Cele: Police secure 100 KZN political killing convictions
Investigations have revealed that hitmen are hiring top lawyers to defend themselves and that the biggest threat to political victims is from within their own parties
Taxi wars: How does Cape Town’s public transport system actually work?
Twenty-two percent of Capetonians use minibus taxis, but the city’s transport model will reduce this
Taxi politics: Santaco, national and local government talks hit deadlock
The national taxi council is seeking legal advice to apply for an urgent interdict for the release of all its impounded vehicles
Cape Town tense as taxis and cops clash
The South African National Taxi Council has called an urgent meeting after live rounds were fired in the city centre
After being forced to suspend services, Intercape to resume in Eastern Cape
The high court dismissed Fikile Mbalula’s leave to appeal against a court order forcing him to draw up a plan ensuring the safety of drivers and passengers
Inside Operation Marikana: Final day of the anti-crime mission
A joint operation between Cape Town’s law enforcement units and the South African Police Service sees multiple arrests
Taxi violence: Bring back law and intelligence
Correcting historic faults, the minibus taxi industry must become regulated and stop overtrading
Gunshot detection system stalls while Cape Flats violence persists
Nearly 50 people were gunned down in another bloody week while implementation of the gunfire-detection system ShotSpotter was delayed by “administrative processes”
Cape Town has had 83 murders over seven days, 32 kidnappings since March
Civil society organisation Western Cape Gang Watch has said that the spate of violence is the worst the Cape Flats has seen
Route closure may be extended as talks between Western Cape taxi groups stall
The reopening of Route B97 without an agreement may result in a flood of illegal taxi operators and reignite taxi violence
Police monitoring threats of another taxi protest in Cape Town
‘Sufficient police visibility’ planned in the suburbs of Maitland and Ndabeni.
Cars stoned, residents injured as Cape Town taxi protest turns violent
The demonstration, organised by two taxi associations, Codeta and Cata, blocked several arterial roads into the city’s central business district on Thursday morning
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
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