Taxi violence: Transport MEC says plans for Gauteng public transport intervention unit are underway

JOHANNESBURG - Plans for a public transport intervention unit are underway in Gauteng following 60 deadly shootings in taxi violence cases.

Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela was speaking outside the home of a taxi owner shot and killed this week in Ekurhuleni, saying this could help lessen the killings.

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She said that she engaged Premier Panyaza Lesufi to get the unit to deal with issues facing the industry.

She added that the unit will include people who do not have a conflict of interest to maintain independence.

“As they come, we need to vet them because we cannot longer afford to work with people within the law enforcement agencies who are taxi operators because it doesn’t help us. It creates the chaos we are in because these are people of interest in the industry.”