Traffic came to a standstill in Pretoria Road in Silverton, Pretoria, on Friday morning when Mamelodi Local and Long Distance Taxi Association (Malldta) and Mamelodi Amalgamated Taxi Association (Mata) members protested at Silverton police station over the spike of killings, hijackings and robberies of taxi operators in the township east of Pretoria in recent months.
Mamelodi taxi drivers are fed up with the spike in drivers hijackings, robberies and killings of taxi operators in on Solomon Mahlangu Drive and at the corner of Zambezi and Moloto roads in the township east of Pretoria by an alleged syndicate.