The Limpopo Transport Department says taxi violence which claimed one life in Zebediela is not warranted. Picture: Limpopo Department of Transport.
Limpopo Transport MEC Makoma Makhurupetje has condemned taxi violence at Zebediela which left one person dead.
A Queue marshal affiliated to United Zebediela Taxi Association (UZETA) died Thursday 1 November 2018 morning at Moletlane in Zebediela, after he was ran over by a taxi driver belonging to Lebowakgomo Taxi Owners Association (LTO). This led to a retaliation by a rival group which resulted in at least one mini-bus taxi set on fire.
The MEC has condemned the use of violence as a means to solve disputes in the taxi industry and has sent condolences to the family and relatives of the deceased following the killing.
“The kind of violence that happened this morning is not warranted at all, more especially after we have just emerged from the provincial taxi imbizo where majority of associations committed themselves to peaceful means of resolving disputes. As government, we want nothing but peace and stability in the industry and no amount of violence will help anyone to resolve challenges” said MEC Makoma Makhurupetje.
Makhurupetje has furthermore instructed the departmental Provincial Taxi Conflict Resolution Task Team to convene an urgent meeting with the two associations to establish the causes of this incident and to further provide solutions, so that normality can be restored in the area to ensure safety of the commuters.