Attacks force police to close Cape taxi rank

Police have closed the Eyona Taxi rank at Gugulethu on the Cape Flats. The situation is tense at the rank where two taxi drivers were assaulted this morning.

Chairperson of the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association, Steven Williams, confirmed that a meeting was scheduled with members but refused to divulge issues on the agenda. Police spokesperson Bernadine Steyn says no charges have been laid yet.

Williams says drivers are unhappy that their colleagues were allowed to operate at the rank.