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A 28-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the Intercape bus attacks. Picture: @intercapebus/Facebook

Daylin mitchell

WC authorities welcome arrest of suspect linked to Intercape bus attacks

By Graig-Lee Smith

Police arrested the 28-year-old man in the Cape Winelands on Saturday.

  • Image: © Alexey Stiop /123rf.com

    WC's B97 taxi route closure extended after fruitless efforts to resolve conflict

    Western Cape Mobility MEC Daylin Mitchell shut the route in July last year due to conflict between the Paarl Alliance Taxi Association, affiliated to Codeta, and Cata Boland, who both claim rights to the route.

    84 days ago
  • Western Cape Premier Alan Winde. Picture: @alanwinde/Twitter.

    WC's Winde rings changes with major cabinet reshuffle

    The provincial administration was due a reshuffle after a surprise resignation by one MEC and damning sex allegations against another.

    119 days ago
  • Western Cape Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell. Picture: Supplied.

    WC Transport MEC Mitchell condemns deadly Kraaifontein taxi violence

    Western Cape Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell said the registrar's office has called the two taxi associations to a meeting after two taxi operators were murdered and one injured on Wednesday night.

    133 days ago
  • Three Golden Arrow busses have been torched in the Nyanga and Kraaifontein areas on 24 March 2022. Picture: Supplied.

    MEC Mitchell taking steps to declare Nyanga high-risk zone

    This follows violence that coincided with a march in Cape Town's CBD on Thursday and a disruptive slow-moving convoy on the highway.

    147 days ago
  • FILE: Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell said they had met with Santaco and have asked the minibus taxi association to intervene. Picture: Supplied

    Santaco to be roped in over Nyanga attacks involving Amaphela

    Last week, five vehicles, including two Golden Arrow busses and an Eskom vehicle, were hit by petrol bombs in the Nyanga area and the attacks have been linked to Amaphela operators.

    150 days ago
  • FILE: A Cape Town motorist is issued with a fine. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Over R10m in fines handed out to W Cape motorists in 1 week - traffic MEC

    Offences ranged from reckless drivers, unroadworthy vehicles and speeding.

    241 days ago
  • Western Cape Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell. Picture: Supplied.

    Mitchell: There’ll be a no-nonsense approach on roads this festive season

    On Monday, Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell launched the Festive Season Safety Plan for the Western Cape. At the event, 86 student traffic officers graduated and will be deployed across the province.

    248 days ago
  • FILE: The Bellville taxi rank in Cape Town. Picture: Eyewitness News

    CT's B97 taxi route closed for another 3 months amid protracted violence

    Western Cape MEC for Transport Daylin Mitchell said that the extension would kick in on Friday. He said that the decision was made after concerted efforts to stop violence between operators affiliated to Cata and Codeta failed.

    266 days ago
  • FILE: Authorities are trying to stop illegal operations, but some taxi operators are refusing to cooperate. : 123rf.com

    WC traffic officers use force in clash with taxi operators on B97 route

    Officials had been conducting an operation on Monday morning, impounding seven minibuses and arresting three drivers.

    305 days ago
  • Health authorities are investigating the discovery of 106 corpses being transported along the N2 highway near Somerset West. Picture: Zain Johnson/Eyewitness News.

    Investigations under way after overloaded truck found transporting 106 corpses

    Traffic authorities made the grim discovery during a routine stop and search operation along the N2 highway near Somerset West.

    341 days ago
  • Five people have died in a collision near Villiersdorp involving a truck and another vehicle on 7 September 2021. Picture: Supplied.

    4 people recovering in hospital after Villiersdorp deadly crash

    Western Cape Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell said preliminary reports suggested that the SUV, in overtaking another vehicle, collided with the truck that was transporting 57 farmworkers.

    345 days ago
  • Western Cape Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell. Picture: Supplied.

    MEC Mitchell tasks WC transport dept with probing minibus crash involving pupils

    It's still not clear what caused Friday morning's crash outside Parliament in Cape Town's CBD.

    361 days ago
  • The newly completed Ashton Arch is South Africa's first concrete tied arch bridge constructed using a transverse launching method.  (ashton-arch.co.za)

    Ashton Arch Bridge unveiled in Western Cape

    The new arch bridge weighs a whopping 8,000 tons and is 113 metres in length, reaching an altitude of 22 metres.

    369 days ago
  • FILE: Taxis seen at the Bellville taxi rank on 6 August 2018, in Cape Town. Picture: EWN

    Mbalula welcomes move to allow CATA, Codeta to operate from Bellville rank

    Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said the development demonstrated the seriousness with which the parties regarded the agreement signed earlier in the week.

    377 days ago
  • Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula (R) was joined by Western Cape Member of the Executive Council (MEC) responsible for Transport, Daylin Mitchell (C), during a briefing on developments regarding the taxi industry in Cape Town on 22 July 2021. Picture: @EsethuOnDuty/twitter.

    Mbalula: We are committed to restoring peace between CT taxi organisations

    There have been more than 80 taxi-related murders in the Western Cape so far this year, almost a third of those have happened this month.

    393 days ago
  • FILE: Police on scene at the Cape Town Station Deck taxi rank after a shooting took place on 23 November 2020. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/Eyewitness News

    Cape taxi violence death toll on the rise

    The deaths of two men and a woman killed in a shooting in Khayelitsha on Thursday brings the total number of taxi-related murders to almost 80 this year alone.

    399 days ago
  • FILE: Taxi violence in Delft, Cape Town, has left residents fearing for their lives. Picture: Bertram Malgas/Eyewitness News.

    Persistent Cape taxi violence may result in route closures - MEC Mitchell

    MEC Daylin Mitchell said they met with CATA on Wednesday, and would continue engaging on Thursday with Codeta.

    400 days ago
  • Western Cape Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell. Picture: Supplied.

    Cape Town taxi violence undermines signed peace accord: MEC

    MEC Mitchell said a peace pledge was signed by CATA and Codeta last week, a public commitment to safeguard commuters, however, there had been more violence.

    401 days ago
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