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  • FILE: Taxi owner and organiser for the Cape Coloured Congress Angelo Kube. Picture: Facebook

    Slain Uitsig taxi boss Angelo Kube laid to rest

    He was shot dead on Thursday last week in an attack believed to be related to taxi violence.

    405 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    Madikizela: WC has recorded 25 taxi-related murders since January

    Last week, the president of the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association Victor Wiwi and Uitsig community leader and taxi boss Angelo Kube were killed in separate incidents.

    408 days ago
  • VIctor Wiwi (foreground). Picture: Supplied

    Cata calls on members to remain calm following killing of president, Victor Wiwi

    Cata's general secretary Mandla Hermanus said that Wiwi's murder was unfathomable because he was a man of peace, who always advocated for an end to violence in the taxi industry.

    408 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela at the taxi lekgotla in Cape Town on Thursday, 15 October 2020. Picture @MbalulaFikile/Twitter

    MEC Madikizela calls urgent meeting with Santaco over taxi boss murder

    Victor Wiwi was shot and killed in Nyanga on Wednesday night, while another person was killed and a third was injured.

    412 days ago
  • FILE: Police tape at a crime scene. Picture: Thomas Holder/Eyewitness News.

    Cata taxi boss killed in Nyanga shooting

    Victor Wiwi was shot and killed in Nyanga on Wednesday night. One other person was gunned down and a third person survived the shooting.

    412 days ago
  • Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz visited Mitchells Plain on 1 March 2021 following a spate of gang related shootings. He met with the families of those who died in the attacks. Picture: Lizell Persens/Eyewitness News.

    Fritz expresses deep concern after spate of shootings in WC

    There were two shootings in Mitchells Plain just days apart.

    450 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

    Gugulethu SAPS still searching for suspects linked to deaths of 3 taxi drivers

    Three men were shot and killed and another wounded after brazen gunmen opened fire on a group of people late last week.

    458 days ago
  • Picture: Pexels.com

    Gugulethu police probe another case of taxi violence after 3 men fatally shot

    The incident, which police believe to be part of ongoing taxi violence, happened on Thursday night.

    459 days ago
  •  Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela (centre) meets minibus taxi leaders following months of escalating tensions and violent conflict between rival taxi associations in the Western Cape. Picture: @MadikizelaBongz/Twitter

    Madikizela meets taxi associations in wake of Bellville shooting

    Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela is calling on taxi operators to identify criminals, hitmen and paymasters.

    461 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter.

    Suspect arrested following fatal shootings in Bellville

    Three people were shot dead and another was wounded in a shooting at the intersection of Voortrekker and Charl Malan roads on Tuesday.

    462 days ago
  • Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/Eyewitness News

    Taxi industry conflict exacerbated by law officials who own taxis, inquiry says

    Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo has released the findings into the underlying recurring violence and fatalities in the taxi industry.

    468 days ago
  • FILE: The Nyanga community policing forum (CPF) pleaded with taxi role players not to retaliate or resort to violence when dealing with issues. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Meeting to address Nyanga taxi violence to be held on Monday

    The Nyanga Community Policing Forum (CPF) pleaded with taxi role players not to retaliate or resort to violence when dealing with issues.

    471 days ago
  • Intensified SAPS and SANDF operations were underway on 26 December 2020 at Mpheni village in the Eastern Cape following the killing of eight villagers on Christmas Day. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    6 men involved in Mount Ayliff deadly clash to appear in court

    Two rival groups came to blows on Friday during an incident that’s allegedly linked to a dispute over taxi routes.

    513 days ago
  • Intensified SAPS and SANDF operations were underway on 26 December 2020 at Mpheni village in the Eastern Cape following the killing of eight villagers on Christmas Day. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    6 men arrested for Mount Ayliff shooting, more arrests expected

    The Christmas Day scuffle left 12 men shot and wounded.

    514 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS Facebook page.

    SANDF joins police search for Mount Ayliff killers

    Early on Friday morning, a group of Mpeni men clashed with a group from the Nokhatshile village resulting in the death of the seven. Six other men were hospitalised.

    515 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: SAPS.

    EC govt appeal for info relating to deadly attack in Mount Ayliff

    Seven people have been killed and 6 others were wounded in the incident.

    516 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: SAPS.

    At least 7 people killed, 6 wounded in EC in alleged dispute over taxi routes

    It is alleged that 10 men from a community in Mount Ayliff attacked a group from a nearby village in a dispute over local taxi routes.

    516 days ago
  • Picture: Pexels.

    Taxi violence continues in CT despite talks between govt, industry leaders

    When police responded to reports of a shooting in Delft on Monday evening, they found three bodies lying in the road.

    525 days ago
  • FILE: One of the three men was identified as a taxi owner. Picture: Pexels.

    3 people killed during shooting in Delft

    The victims were gunned down on Monday night on the corner of Main Road and Symphony Way.

    526 days ago
  • Picture: Pexels.com

    Police on hunt for gunmen after Pretoria taxi rank shooting

    One man was in a critical condition after he sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

    530 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: SAPS.

    6 people wounded, one of them critical, in Pretoria taxi rank shooting

    The circumstances around Friday morning's crime are not yet clear but police are on the scene to investigate.

    530 days ago
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