The conflict between rival taxi ‘mother bodies, CATA and Codeta cost the lives of seven taxi operators in separate incidents throughout the City of Cape Town this morning.
This brings the total number of taxi-related murders in the Western Cape to 71 since the start of the calendar year, with attempted murders and injuries at 33 over the same period.
Officials from my Department, Transport and Public Works, together with officials from the Department of Community Safety, are currently attending an emergency meeting of the Transport Priority Committee with the SAPS and other enforcement and Intelligence authorities, to agree on an integrated Government approach to restore calm and to bring the perpetrators of the violence to book.
I must emphasize that the Western Cape Government will not compromise on the rule of law and my Department is working closely with the SAPS as they continue with their investigations into the murders and other tax-related crimes in Cape Town…
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