Control over taxi commuter traffic between the Bellville Taxi rank (pictured) and Paarl was the cause of the violence.
Location
multiple locations across the City of Cape Town, South Africa
Date
January 2021 - August 2021
Target
Minibus taxi drivers
Weapons
various firearms
Deaths
83[1]
Injured
multiple
Victims
Taxi operators, drivers, commuters, pedestrians, and regular bus drivers.
Motive
Conflict between minibus taxi operators Cata and Codeta for control over lucrative taxi routes
A CATA minibus taxi in Cape Town. The blue and white CATA logo is visible in centre of the vehicle's hood.A CODETA minibus taxi in Cape Town. The pink and blue CODETA logo is visible on the back of the vehicle to the left of the number plate.
The 2021 Cape Town taxi conflict was a violent turf war between the minibus taxi operators Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA) and Congress of Democratic Taxi Association (CODETA) over lucrative taxi routes in Cape Town, South Africa.[2][3][4][5] The conflict was part of a long running series of conflicts that are part of the ongoing taxi wars in South Africa.
The conflict picked up in intensity in July 2021 over the B97 taxi route between Bellville and Paarl.[2] The spike in taxi violence resulted in thousands of people being unable to get to their jobs resulting in pay cuts, job losses and economic hardship.[5][6][7] Western Cape Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell stated that 22 murders and 29 attempted murders resulting from taxi violence were recorded between the start of July and 16 July 2021.[8][9] As of 23 July 2021 a total of 83 taxi conflict related deaths in the Western Cape were recorded since the start of 2021.[1] A total of 24 people had died in the conflict in the month of July 2021.[10]
In response to the violence the Western Cape provincial government temporarily closed the B97 taxi route for two months[11] in an effort to prevent further violence.[1] South African National Defence Force personnel were deployed alongside South African Police Service personnel to help secure affected transport routes.[12]
The July spike in violence coincided with large scale rioting in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.[13]
On 2 August both CATA and CODETA met with national Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula to mediate an end to the conflict[14] after which Mbalula announced that a truce agreement had been reached.[15] The agreement stipulated that should violence breakout again then all effected mini-bus taxi routes would be closed for a period to be determined by the Department of Transport.[15]
^ abcMutele, Gladys. "WC Transport MEC shuts major CT taxi route over violence". ewn.co.za. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
^ abPayne, Suné (July 23, 2021). "ACTION PLAN: Route at heart of Cape Town's taxi violence eruption to be closed for two months". Daily Maverick. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
^"Premier Alan Winde: Ongoing taxi violence in Cape Town". www.gov.za. South African Government. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
^Davis, Rebecca (July 20, 2021). "EXPLAINER: Why the Western Cape is being rocked by taxi violence". Daily Maverick. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
^ abHendricks, Ashraf; Lali, Vincent (July 21, 2021). "When will the taxi violence end, asks Cape Town commuter desperate to get to work". News24. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
^Solomons, Lisalee; Mthethwa, Cebelihle (July 22, 2021). "Western Cape commuters fear pay cuts and job losses following ongoing taxi strike". News24. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
^Hendricks, Ashraf; Human, Liezl; Washinyira, Tariro (August 3, 2021). "Commuters, small businesses paying the price for Cape Town's taxi violence". Moneyweb. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
^Payne, Suné (July 16, 2021). "Taxi Wars: Mbalula calls for ceasefire as high-level meeting convenes over taxi violence in Cape Town". Daily Maverick. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
^Palm, Kaylynn (July 17, 2021). "22 killed in July as Western Cape taxi violence continues". ewn.co.za. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
^Stoltz, Eunice (August 2, 2021). "Rivals agree on new measures to end Cape Town taxi dispute". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
^Stoltz, Eunice (July 23, 2021). "Western Cape closes roads to end deadly taxi violence". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
^"More soldiers deployed to end Cape Town taxi wars". www.enca.com. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
^Hyman, Aron (July 14, 2021). "Flare-up in taxi war sparks looting alarm in Cape Town city centre". TimesLIVE. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
^"Cape Town taxi associations reach agreement". www.enca.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
^ abCharles, Marvin (August 2, 2021). "Deal struck between Cape taxi associations after weeks of violence". News24. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
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