Taxi Violence in South Africa: A Review of Literature and Critical Analysis
Mmakwena Modipa 
Issue: Vol.5 No. 10 December 2024 Article 17 pp. 598 – 605
DOI : https://doi.org/10.38159/jelt.202451017 | Published online 30th December, 2024.
© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
The taxi industry plays an important role in society by transporting commuters from point A to point B daily. This industry contributes to the economic growth of South Africa. However, it is faced with challenges of violence where taxi associations fight amongst each other due to profitable routes and other factors. Taxi operators, commuters, and community members lose their lives due to this infighting between rival taxi associations. To address taxi violence, law enforcement agencies, taxi associations and all major stakeholders need to execute their functions by ensuring that commuters and community members are safe in the taxi environment. The inability of law enforcement agencies to combat taxi violence is a major problem in South Africa and more should be done to counteract it. This study therefore set out analyse the causes of taxi violence in South Africa. This qualitative article adopted the non-empirical research design: Systematic review. This study was conducted using purely secondary data. A systematic review was done in detail for the collected literature. Key findings indicated that law enforcement agencies are unable to deal with the scourge of taxi violence in South Africa. The findings further revealed that the deregulation of the taxi industry is the cause of taxi violence in South Africa. Based on the findings, the following recommendations were made. It is recommended that law enforcement agencies should be equipped with resources to combat taxi violence in South Africa. The Department of Transport should regulate the taxi industry and fortify partnerships in the taxi industry.
Keywords: Taxi Violence, Law Enforcement Agencies, Commuters, Deregulation, South Africa.
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Dr. Mmakwena Modipa is a lecturer in the Department of Law, Safety and Security Management under the faculty of Humanities at the Tshwane University of Technology. He holds a Doctoral degree in Policing from the Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa. His research interests focus on road safety and law enforcement.
Modipa, Mmakwena. “Taxi Violence in South Africa: A Review of Literature and Critical Analysis.” Journal of Education and Learning Technology 5, no.10 (2024): 598 – 605. https://doi.org/10.38159/jelt.202451017
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