Older photos from Cape Town are falsely linked to new taxi violence in Johannesburg

After South Africans passed the ride of Johannesburg in August 2025, communications users began to show a youth taxi for small taxis. But the post is false; The picture is a picture from the footage published in Tiktok in April and July 2025, following a taxi-related violence, a large epidemics of 1,400 miles[1,400 km]of the Western Cape.

“Yesterday, 18 taxis were burned down,” Reading the Appupple published on August 16, 2025, as news break.

This post adds: “He came home only from school to find that all his taxes have left him in the fire, reported by Uberi drivers.”

Ix Post, with hundreds of reposter and more than 4,000 popularity, says one of the young drivers “is suspected to burn up Uber car”.

The post office shows a picture of a person wearing the school uniform and holds a backpack. Before him, it is standing on fire.

The same post was broadcast on Facebook, Tiktok and Instagram.

However, images show cheap taxis at the beginning of the year in Cape Town and does not comply with the Goli Transport Directors.

February Fire Cape Town

Keyword Words and searches for other Teenage Teenage Owner Teenage Directories of Online with Tiktok Handle I @evamatakane.

The account usually sends Taxi’s contents to Cape Town with Hashtag “Taxiower”.

Video types of photos that circulate in false positions are loaded on April 25, 2025, and July 3, 2025.

The foque mentions suggested that the Footage refers to the taxi position at the Monetary Month, Cape Tiktok published video news on February 10, 2025 (submitted to the historical report).

“The authorities sent other courts at the Taxi Rank in Cape Taxi after a violent incident on Sunday evening, where more than twelve taxis were burned.

“The situation has raised concerns about continuous dispute in the property, prompts safety,” adding.

The unique burning of minibuses and stakes after showing the Iol footage, and the school video shows after the same interruption in Cape Tege February 2025.

One of the Angels on Google Street View is like the IOL News Footage, with earth’s symptoms involving the top mountain, poles and trees.

AFP tests are linked with Tiktok @Evaymatakane and will update this article if they respond.

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On August 13, 2025, the Uber driver Mkhlikozi Mseshas was shot dead in Johannesburg in a recent violence between transport between transport and traditional drivers (stored here).

The next day, a hole was burned, accused by Soweto Community community citizens.

At least two people, including a passing person, were injured in a firefighter, police said.

“The death case, an attempt to kill at two prices and the Arson opened for investigation,” police said, “Signed ‘was suspected to relate to taxi violence’.

Minibus Taxi are the central South African public transport system, but the violent turf battles and criminal influence is bothered the industry (stored here).

The competition with rides with ahinging driver is grown, disappointing operators often have violent threats in the minibus drivers (which is history here).