Thursday, 12 November 2026

Cape Town taxi violence flared again Monday at the Old Mutual rank in Pinelands, where rival associations clashed with stones before police fired rubber bullets. Four men were shot dead at a Bellville rank days earlier.

A University of Fort Hare researcher says licensing backlogs in some provinces push operators to drive without operating licences while awaiting approval, feeding route disputes.

Fobosi describes hired hitmen in taxi violence as organised crime and proposes arresting responsible owners and seizing their property for years, arguing arrests alone are not enough.

Personal finance journalist Laura Dupree calculated that financing a R7,500 item on credit at around 20% over five years would cost roughly R2,500 in interest.

Shoppers were warned to buy only from official retailer sites and apps and to check for an HTTPS prefix in the URL, as online scams spread to tourism bookings.