It is alleged that at the heart of the violent protest is retaliation by taxi industry operators and drivers after their vehicles were impounded during traffic operations in the area.
Taxi drivers have been accused of setting Golden Arrow buses alight, stoning 22 others, and intimidating drivers and other transport operators at the weekend.
Taxi bosses plead with new MEC Daylin Mitchell to help quell taxi killings
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Cape Town - Taxi bosses are pleading for newly appointed Transport and Public works MEC Daylin Mitchell to help them quell the scourge of taxi killings in the province.
Premier Alan Winde has appointed Mitchell as the new MEC after the resignation of Bonginkosi Madikizela amid the furore over his qualifications on his CV.
SA National Taxi Council provincial spokesperson Gershon Geyer welcomed the appointment.
“We hope Mitchell can assist us with eradicating the violence in the industry. We also hope he can bring empowerment and subsidies to transform the taxi industry, said Geyer.
Madikizela to meet with taxi council over killings in Western Cape
By Sisonke Mlamla
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Cape Town - Transport and Public Works MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela has called an urgent meeting with the leaders of the minibus taxi council to express his grave concerns with regards to their inability to stop the alleged senseless taxi killings.
Madikizela said the current spate of violent attacks and killings jeopardised the agreements between the department and the taxi industry leadership structure, including a financial agreement in terms of which the department supported the leadership with meeting allowances, office space and administrative support.
The meeting, which is expected to be held this morning, stemmed from a recent shooting, where the president of the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (Cata) Victor Wiwi and his protector Victor Sibusiso Msane were shot and killed, while travelling in the direction of Nyanga on Wednesday evening, with two other colleagues who survived.
The suspects are believed to be affiliated to a local taxi association and allegedly posed as clients luring the e-hailing taxi operator to a specific location in Bellville.