Gauteng transport MEC commits to ending public transport sector violence after Maponya Mall attack
The incident sparked wide outrage in the community last week after two e-hailing vehicles were torched and two other people sustained gunshot wounds from the attack.
A taxi has been torched metres away from Maponya Mall on 14 August 2025. Onlookers allege the driver was removed by a mob from the vehicle before it was torched. Picture: Jabulile Mbatha/EWN
JOHANNESBURG - Gauteng transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela has committed to ending violence in the public transport sector- following the death of an e-hailing driver who was attacked outside Maponya Mall in Soweto.
The incident sparked wide outrage in the community last week after two e-hailing vehicles were torched and two other people sustained gunshot wounds from the attack.
Community members have since taken to the streets, blaming taxi operators for the violent incident and calling for immediate intervention.
Speaking at a media briefing in Soweto on Monday, the MEC said a close partnership with law enforcement has been formed to maintain law and order in the area.
“There will be peace, there will be peace in our province, we are determined, we now have law enforcement working together across the cities, we are now sitting with all public transport operators on the table, all of them agreeing that there's a need for peace and unity to protect the little we have for ourselves as south africans in Gauteng.”