Police have arrested 11 suspects who are believed to be taxi drivers at a taxi rank in Pinelands, Cape Town, after a fight broke out between members of rival taxi associations.
Police spokesperson Ndakhe Gwala says suspects hurled bricks at on another on Monday.
Last week, taxi associations Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA) and Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi Association (CODETA) committed to working with authorities to resolve their issues.
They met with stakeholders from the provincial Mobility department, the City of Cape Town and SANTACO following an upsurge in taxi violence that claimed the lives of several people in recent weeks.
Further meetings are expected this week.
“Public Order Police were deployed in Pinelands, following a brick-throwing incident at a taxi rank. According to reports, members of rival taxi associations were throwing bricks at each other. Eleven suspects were arrested for public violence and intimidation. One of the suspects had a firearm in his possession and he was charged for contravention of the court order,” says Gwala.
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