Gauteng MEC for transport to close several Soweto taxi ranks and routes over violence
6 March 2019
Gauteng MEC for roads and transport Ismail Vadi has announced his intention to close Nancefield Dube West Taxi Association (Nanduwe) and Witwatersrand Taxi Association (WATA) taxi ranks and routes in Soweto following a spate of violence between the two associations.
"The factors that warrant such urgent action are violence, unrest or instability in the public transport sector in an area, which threaten the safety of passengers, residents or other persons," the department said in a statement on Tuesday.
Vadi intends on publishing a notice in the provincial gazette on Wednesday. This comes after incidents of violence among the two associations dating back to the beginning of the year including:
The murder of SB Hadebe (a WATA member) in January;