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A Cape Town woman was assaulted by a taxi driver after she refused to get into his taxi, the Western Cape ministry of transport said.

“The assault took place at approximately 5pm on Friday, at the corner of Eisleben and Lansdowne roads,” spokesman for the ministry Siphesihle Dube said in a statement.

The woman hailed a taxi, but when she saw there were only male passengers, she apologised to the driver and declined to enter.

The taxi driver allegedly started shouting at her, got out of his taxi and hit her repeatedly with his fists for wasting his time before driving away.

“The taxi driver is a Xhosa male who drives a white Toyota Avanza or similar amaphela-type taxi with strongly tinted windows.”

Dube said the woman sustained bruises to her face, but was not admitted to hospital.

“It is hard to adequately describe how appalling this crime is,” said head of ministry Hector Eliott, adding that public transport should be safe for everyone.

“We need to find this taxi driver, and I appeal to anyone who may have witnessed these events or have any knowledge of the incident to come forward as soon as possible,” Eliott said.

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Mon May 20 07:27:42 SAST 2013 ::

Jul 9, 2012

SeshegoGuY

HuH???
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Jul 9, 2012

tumzangwana

heelang bathong!! bomageza ba gafa straight.
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Jul 9, 2012

Papage

Good you did not get in that Taxi, wish they find him and sort him out. Embarasing to all men, respect women guys, they are our mothers, our babies
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Jul 9, 2012

somaartakeit

and what did the taxi drivers passengers do when all this was happening, took pictures using their mobile phones to entertain themselves and their beastly friends?

Its anc's regime's fault that we have this unsafe and unreliable public transport.
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Jul 9, 2012

CheeseBoy

if this woman was my relative this story would have been different.

instead Sowetan would be reporting that a Taxi driver was found not breathing on the side of the road in the bushes.
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Jul 9, 2012

Decibels

if it's not Bonang it's Euphonik, if it's not Euphonik it's Steve Lekoelea, if it's not Lekoelea it's Msawawa, if it's not DJ Sbu it's Jacob GidliGidli Zuma.....WHY South Africa WHY?
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Jul 9, 2012

CheeseBoy

@Decibels

too early for a tot of whiskey don't you think? what are you on about?
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Jul 9, 2012

sabza007

This beast must found.May be this woman was going to be gang raped and/or killed. Who knows.
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Jul 9, 2012

Mygirl

The were no man in that taxi sies maan, how can they just sit and keep quiet. Give them panties and braz if u find them blikksem.
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Jul 9, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

“The taxi driver is a Xhosa male who drives a white Toyota Avanza or similar amaphela-type taxi with strongly tinted windows.”
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I have them all but "amaphela-type" taxi ????
Sies, to the male passengers in the taxi, did not even intervene.......... bunch of sissies

@Mygirl

We cant give them panties and bras........ they are a disgrace to men so we dont want to be associated with a bunch of cowards.....
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