Western Cape law-enforcement officers have been deployed to hot-spot areas, while roadblocks have also been set up, to search taxis for illegal firearms and other weapons.
This, according to the Western Cape Police-commissioner, major general Thembisile Patekile who says that no further shootings or violence have been reported since Monday morning, when a Golden Arrow bus-services driver was shot.
Patekile says a multi-disciplinary approach has now been implemented.
He says 12 taxi-operators have been arrested, this past week, for being in possession of unlicensed firearms.
Patekile says discussions are on-going and that, in the meantime, law-enforcement agencies are on high-alert to react, should any further violence or shootings be reported.
Access the full briefing here.
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🔴LIVE now ▶️ Provincial Commissioner in the South African Police Service, Lt Gen Thembisile Patekile, provides feedback during our digital press conference happening now on taxi violence ▶️ https://t.co/tQosi7sMTd pic.twitter.com/SbYtlFzHcB
— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) July 20, 2021
[1/17] Statement on ongoing taxi violence in Cape Town📢 Last week, the SANDF deployed a company of soldiers in the Western Cape as part of its countrywide response to unrest seen in some provinces. [THREAD]
Statement: https://t.co/GdzAUH3zii pic.twitter.com/2qTOTsT7cN
— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) July 20, 2021
