Image: Aron Hyman Taxi violence in the Western Cape is following a playbook, where control is gained by extortion, corruption and violence. This is according to Western Cape transport officials. During a Western Cape legislature transport portfolio committee briefing on Thursday afternoon, provincial chief director for transport regulation, Yasir Ahmed, provided a detailed briefing on the causes of the violence between taxi associations. He said the war between the province’s two main taxi associations — Cata and Codeta — was worsened by a leadership vacuum caused by the murder of Cata leader Victor Wiwi in April. This had led to younger and more aggressive leadership structure sidelining the association’s old firm.