Somerset West on edge as taxi violence disrupts public safety

IN the wake of ongoing taxi violence in the Lwandle and Somerset West District, six taxis were impounded yesterday after the City’s Safety and Security Directorate and SAPS were deployed in the area.

- GENEVIEVE SERRA

This follows a weekend of mayhem after seven people were shot at Mfuleni taxi rank leaving four dead and three wounded. On Saturday an 8-year-old boy was wounded by a stray bullet and a taxi driver killed in Strand.

City traffic officials yesterday established road closures after taxis blocked some of the routes in the vicinity of the Public Transport Interchange, and motorists were advised that Victoria Road between the N2 and Reitz Street were closed.