CAPE Amalgamated Taxi Association (Cata) president, Siviwe Kiva, is facing a charge of premeditated murder, while more charges may be added against him.<\/p>\n
The taxi boss made his first appearance in the Paarl Magistrate’s Court on Monday, where he heard that the State would be opposing his release on bail.<\/p>\n
\u200bThe matter was postponed to Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u200bNational Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila confirmed Kiva\u2019s appearance innie hof and that he would face serious charges.<\/p>\n
\u200bNtabazalila said: \u201cCata president Siviwe Kiva appeared at Paarl Magistrate\u2019s Court on Monday charged with premeditated murder.<\/p>\n
\u200b\u201cMore charges are likely to be added. His case has been postponed until Thursday, 4 June, for a formal bail application. The State will oppose bail.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u200bCata spokesperson, Nkululeko Sityebi, earlier confirmed the arrest when approached by the Cape Argus, but did not elaborate further.<\/p>\n
\u200bThe South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) Western Cape said it could not comment yet on Kiva\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n
\u200bLast week, Santaco issued a statement relating to members being arrested and charged.<\/p>\n
\u200bIt read: \u201cSantaco Western Cape notes with serious concern the matters currently before the courts involving certain individuals linked to the taxi industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u200b\u201cAs an organisation, we wish to place on record that Santaco Western Cape does not condone violence, extortion, intimidation, or any form of criminal conduct.<\/p>\n
\u200b\u201cThe matters before the court relate to individuals, and due legal processes must be allowed to unfold without interference or prejudice. Membership or leadership within the taxi industry does not exempt any person from accountability before the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u200bEarlier this month, the Western Cape\u2019s two largest taxi associations – Congress of Democratic Taxi Associations (Codeta) and Cata – met to sign a peace agreement.<\/p>\n
\u200bThe meeting was held at Nyanga Terminus and followed an onslaught of violence late last year, which saw several Cata members being shot and killed.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Codeta yesterday launched a smart card for their cashless tap-and-go payment system for minibus taxis in Cape Town.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It replaces traditional cash transactions with a secure digital card or smartphone application, designed to improve commuter safety and streamline boarding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE Amalgamated Taxi Association (Cata) president, Siviwe Kiva, is facing a charge of premeditated murder, while more charges…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[52],"tags":[5608,50027,4858,26430,50025,75052,133554,24470,111529,26431,80836,133552,133556,5799,5800,133555,96564,38469,86369,133553,133551,131,86373,3537,12981],"class_list":["post-263137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-south-africa","tag-ca","tag-cape-amalgamated-taxi-association","tag-cape-argus","tag-cape-argus-news-whatsapp","tag-cata","tag-codeta","tag-democratic-taxi-associations","tag-eric-ntabazalila","tag-https-capeargus-co-za","tag-https-whatsapp-com-channel-0029vazahmhhgzwunqmo030n","tag-isaac-sileku","tag-kiva","tag-mec-for-mobility","tag-national-prosecuting-authority","tag-npa","tag-nyanga-terminus","tag-paarl-magistrates-court","tag-regional-communications","tag-santaco","tag-santaco-western-cape","tag-siviwe-kiva","tag-south-africa","tag-south-african-national-taxi-council","tag-western-cape","tag-western-cape-high-court"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}