Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela said the objectives of the lekgotla was to pave the way for members of the taxi industry to engage one another in order to reimagine the industry.
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.
The department published discussion documents that detailed conversations that government has had with the taxi industry.
The Transport Minister said there needed to be robust conversation about the leadership struggles that caused violence in the industry.
Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela will on Friday wrap up his three-day trip to the Garden Route district, where he's been meeting with municipal officials and minibus taxi leaders.
Santaco president Philip Taaibosch said that those working in the industry deserved to be treated like any other citizen in the country.
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.
Unknown gunmen fired shots at the rank killing a commuter, injuring another and a taxi operator. The shooting incidents are believed to be linked to an ongoing taxi feud between taxi operators.
The motive for Monday’s killing is still unknown. However, Khayelitsha is one of several Cape Town communities plagued by taxi violence.
The motive behind the attack was not yet known but Santaco said that it was looking into suspicions that it was related to ongoing taxi violence.
On Monday morning, a taxi driver and his assistant were gunned down in Nyanga.
This comes after a taxi driver was shot dead while ferrying commuters on Tuesday in the Wartburg area.
Three teachers were shot and wounded, while the taxi driver from the Swayimane Taxi Association died on the scene.
The incident was reported earlier on Monday.
The men were killed in Mabopane, north of the capital, on Thursday.
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.
Phidile Velem murdered Maliphakame Magxwalisa in Hout Bay and months later shot dead Nkosithandile Pango.
