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>> ‘Taxi violence can happen anywhere. It is very scary’ JONATHAN ERASMUS
pectationthattheywillbringfresheyestoanold problem. While Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangweni Mulaudzi would only say they “are investigating” when asked if their probe into taxi warfare included looking into police involvement, Mary de Haas - who runs an organisation called KZN Violence Monitor - said the police would need to “look inwards”. “Taxi violence can happen anywhere. It is very scary. “The taxi associations are also protected by private security companies who are not well regulated, yet they have access to dangerous weapons.”
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KwaZuluNatal MEC for Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation Ntombikayise SibhidlaSaphetha is seen during a visit to the iLembe District for an education stakeholders meeting. She is flanked by member of provincial legislature Mxolisi Kaunda and KwaDukuza mayor Ricardo Mthembu. Full story on page 3.
LEAKED document has revealed deeply entrenched issues in the KwaZulu-Natal minibus taxi violence arena pointing to a wider conspiracy that includes government organs being co-opted into fighting battles for taxi dons. While the report primarily focuses on the current taxi turf wars between three associations in Ballito, KwaDukuza and Maphumulo, experts have admitted that the allegations being levelled are nothing new and that if the pattern continues, sporadic taxi violence spilling into mall parking lots and even residential neighbourhoods could increase. A task force from the Hawks has been drafted in to untangle the mess - sidelining the Taxi Violence Unit based in Prospecton - with the ex-
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