@prefix rdf: . @prefix dbr: . @prefix owl: . dbr:Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa rdf:type owl:Thing . @prefix yago: . dbr:Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa rdf:type yago:WikicatOrganizedCrimeConflicts , yago:YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity , yago:Conflict100958896 , yago:Event100029378 , yago:Abstraction100002137 , yago:Act100030358 , yago:PsychologicalFeature100023100 , yago:GroupAction101080366 . @prefix rdfs: . dbr:Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa rdfs:label "Taxi wars in South Africa"@en ; rdfs:comment "The term taxi war refer to the turf wars fought between taxi associations and individual minibus taxi drivers in South Africa from the late 1980s onwards to the present. The multi-billion rand minibus taxi industry carries over 60% of South Africa's commuters. Generally speaking, these commuters are all of the lower economic class. Wealthy individuals drive their own cars for safety and convenience. The industry is almost entirely made up of sixteen-seater commuter Toyota Quantum buses, which are sometimes unsafe or not roadworthy. Minibus taxi drivers are well known for their disregard for the rules of the road and their proclivity for dangerously overloading their vehicles with passengers."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . @prefix foaf: . dbr:Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa foaf:depiction , , . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dbc: . dbr:Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa dcterms:subject dbc:Public_transport_in_South_Africa , dbc:Organized_crime_conflicts_in_South_Africa . @prefix dbo: . dbr:Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa dbo:wikiPageID 10589617 ; dbo:wikiPageRevisionID 1109895716 ; dbo:wikiPageWikiLink dbr:Political_violence , , dbr:Crime_in_South_Africa , dbr:Paarl , dbr:Apartheid , dbr:Share_taxi , dbr:Inkatha_Freedom_Party , , dbr:African_National_Congress , dbr:Soweto_Riots , dbr:Price_fixing , dbr:Minibus , dbr:Contract_killing , dbr:Toyota_HiAce , dbr:Mafia , , dbr:Metrorail_Western_Cape , dbr:South_African_Rand , dbc:Public_transport_in_South_Africa , dbc:Organized_crime_conflicts_in_South_Africa , dbr:Negotiations_to_end_apartheid_in_South_Africa , , dbr:Deregulation , , dbr:CODETA , dbr:Glasgow_Ice_Cream_Wars , dbr:Mount_Ayliff_Christmas_Day_Massacre , dbr:State_monopoly . @prefix ns9: . dbr:Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa dbo:wikiPageWikiLink ns9:turf_war , , dbr:Free_market_economy . @prefix yago-res: . dbr:Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa owl:sameAs yago-res:Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa , , . @prefix wikidata: . dbr:Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa owl:sameAs wikidata:Q7689635 . @prefix dbp: . @prefix dbt: . dbr:Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate dbt:Update , dbt:Reflist , dbt:EngvarB , dbt:See_also , dbt:Use_dmy_dates , dbt:Political_history_of_South_Africa , dbt:Law_enforcement_in_South_Africa ; dbo:thumbnail ; dbo:abstract "The term taxi war refer to the turf wars fought between taxi associations and individual minibus taxi drivers in South Africa from the late 1980s onwards to the present. The multi-billion rand minibus taxi industry carries over 60% of South Africa's commuters. Generally speaking, these commuters are all of the lower economic class. Wealthy individuals drive their own cars for safety and convenience. The industry is almost entirely made up of sixteen-seater commuter Toyota Quantum buses, which are sometimes unsafe or not roadworthy. Minibus taxi drivers are well known for their disregard for the rules of the road and their proclivity for dangerously overloading their vehicles with passengers. Due to an effectively unregulated market and the fierceness of competition for passengers and lucrative routes, taxi operators banded together to form local and national associations. These associations soon exhibited mafia-like tactics, including the hiring of hitmen and all-out gang warfare. Taxi associations have also engaged in anti-competitive price fixing. Notable taxi operators include the (CATA) and Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi Association (CODETA) in Cape Town."@en . @prefix prov: . dbr:Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa prov:wasDerivedFrom . @prefix xsd: . dbr:Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa dbo:wikiPageLength "17639"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger . @prefix wikipedia-en: . dbr:Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf wikipedia-en:Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa .