Makalala has been associated with charges including extortion, fraud, intimidation, murder, attempted murder, and possession of an unlicensed firearm in Cape Town and surrounds. In recent months, he has made appearances in the Wynberg, Blue Downs, and Simon’s Town Magistrates’ Courts.
It turns out the taxi boss caught driving a police van and using a police radio was involved in pressuring long-distance bus operators to cease competing with minibus taxis.revealed that Bonke Makalala played a key role in taxi formations’ efforts to compel long-distance bus operators to cease competing with minibus taxis.
Makalala, from Tsolo in the Eastern Cape, was arrested in Pretoria last December for alleged crimes from 2018 and 2019. He’s currently in custody awaiting a bail decision, facing charges including murder, attempted murder, and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. He denies all accusations.
In April 2022, Ferreira agreed to meet with one of the attendees from the East London meeting, identified as ‘Hamilton’, who represented the Gauteng Taxi Association. According to Ferreira, Makalala started his own bus company, Makalala Trans, to serve the ‘no-go zones’ where Intercape had stopped operating during the second half of 2022.
‘These attacks also make it clear that Makalala Trans’s strategy of violence will not only be implemented to establish itself in the market but will be used to squash any opposition and remove any competition,’ he added.
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