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The term taxi war refer to the turf wars fought between taxi associations and individual minibus taxi drivers in South Africa from the late 1980s to the present day. [1] [2] The multi-billion rand minibus taxi industry carries over 60% of South Africa's commuters. [1] [3] Generally speaking, these commuters are all of the lower economic class ...
STORY: An unidentified young man shot at the buses and panicking passengers jumped out of the doors and windows trying to escape, some of them injuring themselves, witness Nandipha Dlelana said."I ...
Codeta was formed on 8 March 1992 by a merger between the Lagunya Taxi Association (Lagunya is a portmanteau of Langa, Gugulethu and Nyanga) and the Western Cape Black Taxi Association (Webta). For several years, Lagunya and Webta had been engaged in violent conflict in Cape Peninsula townships . [ 1 ]
The spike in taxi violence resulted in thousands of people being unable to get to their jobs resulting in pay cuts, job losses and economic hardship. [5] [6] [7] Western Cape Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell stated that 22 murders and 29 attempted murders resulting from taxi violence were recorded between the start of July and 16 July 2021.
Five people have been killed in the South African city of Cape Town as a strike by mini-bus taxi drivers that began last week turned violent, authorities said on Tuesday. The South African ...
Vehicles were set on fire in the South African city of Cape Town on Friday after a dispute between taxi drivers and local authorities earlier in the week sparked days of disorder. Cape Town police ...
The 2023 Cape Town taxi strike, also known as the 2023 Western Cape taxi strike, was a law enforcement dispute between minibus taxi operators in the Western Cape province of South Africa, as represented by South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO), and the City of Cape Town. [5]
Protests in the Siyahlala shack settlement in Gugulethu, Cape Town, [87] the Zakheleni [88] and Puntan's Hill shack settlements in Durban, [89] as well as Marrianridge, also in Durban, [90] Oliphantshoek in the Northern Cape [91] and Port Elizabeth [92] in 2012; The 2012 Marikana miner strike [93]