TAXI WARS ESCALATE DESPITE PEACE SUMMIT PROMISES

Calls for commuter safety to be prioritised

- GENEVIEVE SERRA

THREE people were killed and six others wounded in two taxi shootings yesterday, sparking a wave of fear among commuters who rely on public transport.

Despite a peace summit held recently, taxi watchdogs and bodies said they were puzzled by the latest shootings.

Rivalry between the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA) and Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi Association (Codeta) in Somerset West and Strand previously saw road closures, a driver killed and an 8-year-old boy wounded.

Provincial detectives of the Serious and Violent Crimes Taxi Unit is probing the shooting that took place at the taxi rank in Ngqwangi Drive, Philippi-East yesterday, where six people were shot, leaving two dead and four wounded, three of whom are taxi drivers and another a passenger.