-ILYAAS BASSARDIEN, HEART FM NEWS
At least three more people have been killed in taxi-related violence in Cape Town over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities over the past week to 10.
At least seven others have been injured in the attacks at various taxi ranks across the city.
Here’s a few of them:
- In Khayelitsha, a 35-year-old taxi driver was shot dead while driving a taxi in Japhta K Masemola Street at around 18h30 on Wednesday.
- In Browns Farm, a 22-year-old taxi driver was shot dead in his home in Buhlungu Street.
- Also in Browns Farm, a 34-year-old taxi driver was shot dead in Boston Road, while another man was injured while traveling in a minibus taxi.
Two taxi drivers were also shot and injured in two separate incidents on Govan Mbeki Road on the same day.
Police spokesperson Andre Traut explains what they know about the series of shootings in Browns Farm…
The conflict is mainly between rival taxi associations CATA and CODETA, and government has urged them to put a stop to the violence in the interests of commuter safety.