This is despite a judgment by the High Court in Johannesburg on 3 March which ruled in favour of Wata after Gauteng Provincial Regulatory Entity (GPRE) granted Nanduwa the right to load passengers ...

The standoff follows a court ruling that granted WATA permission to operate on those routes. The blockade saw a taxi boss and a 49-year-old woman killed after being struck by a metro police vehicle.

The violence which started on Monday has claimed two lives after a JMPD vehicle crashed into a crowd at the scene.

The Nancefield Dube West Association (NANDUWE) and Witwatersrand African Taxi Association (WATA) have been locked in a bitter feud over routes for years and there’s still no end in sight.

Two people have died in a crash after a shootout between two taxi associations in Soweto.