Call for Minister Fikile Mbalula to sort out Cape taxi war as bodies pile up

Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi confirmed that Maitland police were investigating a case of attempted murder.

He said in an unrelated matter unknown suspects fired shots at a taxi near Downs Road in Manenberg at about 7:45am. A 31-year-old man sustained gunshot wounds to his chest. Swartbooi said an argument had erupted between disgruntled drivers of rival associations at the rank.In another incident, safety and security Mayco member JP Smith said a metro police officer was shot in Sweet Home informal settlement, as he was among a group of officers giving chase to a group of suspects who had been shooting at taxis along Jakes Gerwel Drive.

The recent shootings came a day after nine people were shot – three of them fatally – in suspected taxi-related shootings.

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