Over 600 taxi killings in Gauteng, but only 2% have been solved. What’s going on?

Commission hears the police’s many excuses, as well as a few small reasons to be hopeful

05 October 2020 - 19:24 By mpumzi zuzile

More than 600 people have been killed in taxi violence in Gauteng in the past eight years and, in most cases, the culprits are getting away with murder...

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