Following the recent taxi violence, an emergency meeting with the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (Cata) and the Congress of Democratic Taxi Associations (Codeta) have signed a peace agreement.
This comes after eight taxi
operators were gunned down in separate incidents across the Cape metropole
earlier this week. On Wednesday, seven people were killed in separate
incidents. So far the proveince has seen upto 72 people killed since
begininging of the year along with 33 attempted mjurder cases related to taxi
murders alone.
Yesterday, Western Cape MEC
for Transport and Public Works Daylin Mitchell held an urgent meeting with the
SA National Taxi Council (Santaco), Cata, Codeta and senior government
officials to address the taxi violence and disruptions that have been plaguing
the province.
Yesterday many commuters across Cape Town were forced to make use of alternative transport with some deciding to walk as no taxis were available. However, today Mitchel stated, taxi operations will be fully functional as agreed by the parties with a signed pledge of peace.
by Everngelista Muza
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