Western Cape Minister of Mobility, Isaac Sileku, is conducting oversight visits to taxi ranks across Cape Town.
This comes as recent incidents of taxi-related violence has emerged.
Sileku will this morning start his visits in Khayelitsha, Mfuleni, Delft, Bellville, Nyanga, Langa, Mutual and Maitland.
BELLVILLE TAXI RANK SHOOTING CLAIMS FOUR LIVES
Four men were killed at the Bellville Taxi Rank on Saturday. The violence also left another man and a child wounded.
The Provincial Taxi Violence Unit detectives have initiated an investigation.
In a statement, police said that the victims were at the long distance side of the taxi rank, when four gunmen emerged from two vehicles and opened fire.
“Bellville police have registered murder and attempted murder cases for investigation. A firearm linked to a taxi driver was confiscated by police.”
CATA CHAIRPERSON SHOT, FRAGILE PEACE BETWEEN ASSOCIATIONS
A chairperson from the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association – for the Parow/Elsies route – was reportedly shot and wounded at Nyanga taxi rank, last Thursday.
The shooting of the 44-year-old has raised concerns over the fragile peace between rival taxi associations, CATA and CODETA.
Just last week, the two agreed to a seven-day period of peace, after their rivalry reportedly claimed at least 12 lives in October.