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Taxi violenceExplanation ... and cannot afford the transport costs which would be on a daily basis. Now I am informed, Mr Chairman, that there has been a problem, the taxi drivers up to now have not been paid, they are threatening the applicants who cannot afford to pay them, and they have clearly stated that they ... MR MPSHE: Mr Manong, in the criminal court, this is reflected in the judgment by the court, with reference to the existence of turmoil and uprising in the area, the Judge summed him up as saying that he only referred to the presence of taxi violence and the presence of the Russians area there was a conflict between the, among the students and pass, students organisation, PASO and COSAS. At the very same time there was also the taxi violence. So Vosloorus became a hot bed area, because many people were running towards Vosloorus whereas Vosloorus had also its own problems. ... is strongly suspected that some of them are still in operation in KwaZulu/Natal; others are part of the criminal network; yet others are involved in taxi violence. Part of this network, which included journalists and "agents of influence" in a range of organisations and institutions, is most ... The conditions that are being exploited include political rivalry, tribalism, hostel dwellers and residents, squatters and residents and competing taxi associations. But the instigators of the violence are a "third force" that most commentators and analysts now trace back to the Special Forces of ... ADV DE JAGER: This taxi problem, was there any accompanying violence to this problem? MR PHAMA: With respect, I would like to say that those people are lying, there was never a stop in violence in Tokoza. We only experienced calmness after the elections in Tokoza. People were dying in Tokoza because after the end to these attacks, the taxi violence took place now in Tokoza. ... peace. There is a tremendous amount of violence out there still. Much of it goes unreported. Much of it is passed off as faction or criminal or taxi, but it's much more than that. There's reason to think the people are still training, people are still arming themselves and these very same ... ... idea of what really happened inside Thokoza. I once gave orders that members of central command or SDU's as I said should immediately go to every taxi owner inside and a meeting was called at Mahaum, Mahaum is just next to where I've written "army". It's when we took a decision that to stop ... ... them. And we said that we'll take it upon ourselves to locate them and take them to the police. The following day we were going to look for the taxi that was driving them around the previous day and we ... environment in our country of the 1990's inthe face of third force violence against our people and individuals in placesof worship and in trains and taxi's, internally based operatives often madeerrors that APLA had earlier avoided. There was little political work done unlikein the camps abroad. ... our client's husband and father, but that there was a small group of people who, for reasons that we are going to disclose in due course, related to taxi violence and other personal grudges, acts of which but one, was the murder of our client's husband took place. And if this witness, Mr ... MR SNYMAN: You know Mr Shelembe, I can recall a case in 1992 where people, while they were alighting from a taxi kombi, about eight or ten of them were simply shot dead at Table Mountain, just because they belonged to a different political party than the attacker, political violence was still very ... ... his own corroborated allegations and suggested to the Minister of Defence that the Goldstone Commission investigate allegations in connection with taxi and train killings. Following this the SAP spent 14 days of intensive investigation at 5 Reconnaissance Regiment, allegedly one of the main ... MR KALI: It was a mixture of both, first it was the taxi violence and then political violence. source in order to be able to come back with a proper response. If I may give you a brief example, sir. The brief example is that if you look at taxi violence for instance, which constitutes that kind of in the drivers, you have to go to the source and say it was the removal of people from ... MR MOTLOKWA: As from 1989, there was a taxi violence between GNT, GND and another taxi association. The community tried to solve the problem, the problem was not solved and the community went to Hunters Field stadium to try to solve the problem. ... with a certain woman, a certain lady, as we were standing there, this brown Cressida approached, I think it was written TOTA, which stands for the Taxi Association, it's actually an abbreviation. I think I was on the driver's side but quite a distance from the car itself. On the passenger's ... ... 92/11/19. He was murdered at Shongweni Bridge. Solomon Dlamini was an ANC activist and became known to us as a trained MK soldier. During the 1991 taxi violence in Retief Street, the dates are Friday 91/10/11 and Saturday 91/10/12. The deceased was present. I noticed the deceased was using a ... Yes, I used to support their policies, but at the time I was not yet a member. Once in 1990, after there was violence in Katlehong between the two taxi associations, a lot of people and community members used to be - they were injured, a lot of members from the community and school children were ... |
