Tshwane cbd
Law enforcement monitoring Tshwane CBD following violence, looting
Taxi owners and locals took to the streets on Wednesday calling for drug dealers to be dealt with.
Taxi drivers took to the streets on Wednesday after one of their own was killed allegedly by a drug dealer.
After allegations that a taxi driver was shot and killed by an alleged foreign national, taxi drivers and other community members took to the streets in protest.
Fuad Mohammed who owned two shops said he was targeted by people who stormed his shop before ransacking it.
Some foreign-owned shops and other properties have also been looted and set alight.
This development comes on the back of Tuesday's shooting in which a taxi driver was killed.
A taxi driver was killed after an alleged altercation broke out between taxi operators and a group of people who were being accused of dealing in drugs on Tuesday.
It's understood an alleged altercation broke out between taxi operators and a group of people who were being accused of dealing in drugs earlier on Tuesday.
The Tshwane Metro Police drug team found bags of marijuana in the man’s car when he was stopped and searched.
The City of Tshwane has blamed prostitution for contributing to the high levels of crime & drug abuse.