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Madikizela: Nyanga sinkhole site where 4 children died inspected before incident
Earlier this month, the four were playing near the Borcherds Quarry off-ramp in the Nyanga area when they became trapped under collapsing sand.
The province has had the biggest reduction in festive season road deaths.
On Monday, Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela visited taxi ranks in the Cape Town CBD, Khayelitsha and Langa to assess COVID-19 compliance.
That's been revealed by Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela who's addressing the latest spate of shootings.
That is the message from newly elected DA Western Cape leader Bonginkosi Madikizela, who wants the party to win all 30 municipalities in the only DA-run province.
Delegates cast their votes in favour of Madikizela at the party’s provincial congress on Saturday.
DA leader John Steenhuisen said that South Africa was being held back and pulled down by the 'dead weight' of the ANC’s policies.
Western Cape Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Bonginkosi Madikizela insists that likening the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to the Nazis is not insensitive and he's accusing the red berets of leading South Africa down the same path as facist Germany.
Madikizela and Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on Thursday led a provincial taxi lekgotla in Cape Town.
Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela has over the past few months been visiting communities that have seen high levels of taxi related violence.
His aim is to create awareness about the importance of transport in the economy and to encourage participation in the provincial taxi lekgotla scheduled to take place in Worcester and Cape Town next week.
Transport and Public Works MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela this week unveiled resolutions to stem the growing trend of taxi violence over the routes between Mbekweni near Paarl and the Bellville Transport Interchange in particular.
According to Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela, there were 56 taxi-related murders and 32 attempted murders since the start of the year.
Bonginkosi Madikizela held separate meetings with the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Associations and Congress of Democratic Taxi Associations following a surge in taxi-related shootings in recent weeks.
The officer was attacked on Friday morning during an apparent robbery.
The announcement will probably come as a relief for commuters in the provinces as prices in other parts of the country will see an increase.
With the lockdown reducing travel on the province’s roads, only 10 fatalities and eight crashes were recorded last week.
Over the Easter weekend, 15 taxis were sent back to the Western Cape from the Eastern Cape because passengers didn't have adequate documentation.
The MEC said officials were receiving regular updates on the mediation process and he was encouraged by the team's recent breakthroughs in getting parties around the table.