Dutch student vs Sea Point taxi’s
This one of those stories that really piss the hell out of me and not only because it happened in my neighbourhood.It was reported in the Cape Times that Dutch Student, Adam Hijner, boarded a taxi in Sea Point last month only to be abducted,assaulted and taken to Woodstock where he was threatened at gunpoint while the robbers stole 600 Rand and his cellphone.[Full article HERE]
Despite all of this Hijner stated that : “I LOVE this city, I love the people and I love the opportunities”.
His brutal ordeal is tragic, but this is not what is pissing me off.You see ..Hijner managed to see the number plate of the taxi which he reported to the police.He then entered a taxi last week and spoke to the driver about the incident after which the driver replied that he knew of the gang and that the same guys had “had previously raped a girl, and two months ago they had assaulted and robbed another guy, (before) running him over.”
Its gets worse:
After more than a month he had seen the very same taxi “at least six times” with the attackers inside, operating on the Sea Point route.
WTF? This is some scary sh*t.Not only to people who regularly use these taxis but also because the police havn’t arrested them yet.
UPDATE: Now it appears that an argument has ensued between the Peninsula Taxi Association (PTA) and mayoral committee member JP Smith.The PTA recons that the attackers did not work for them and they were operating illegally while Smith has stated that the PTA were using the idea of an illegal taxi as a “defense against public” complaints.[ Reported by Jason Warner, Cape Times Page 2,Sep 10]
Life is Savage 