Pretoria - Although calm has been restored in Mamelodi following a two-day protest by taxi drivers, there was still an underlying sense of fear among commuters.
He said police noticed two suspicious vehicles - a silver grey Mercedes-Benz and a grey Toyota Quest - driving past and tried to stop them. After a short chase police managed to corner the suspects and upon searching the vehicles, found firearms. Police searched the car at the wash outlet and found an R5 rifle loaded with 18 rounds. Police investigations are continuing.
City of Tshwane head administrator Mpho Nawa pleaded with public transport commuters to work together with the various transport operators in complying with the 50% and 70% loading capacity for both buses and taxis respectively.
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