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Passengers at Cape Town International Airport are facing long queues at security screening points on Friday morning, with some worried about missing their flights.

Travellers are slowly inching their way in snaking queues at both domestic and international departures, with some anxiously watching the clock as their departure times draw closer.

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[IN PICTURES] The disruption comes in the wake of deadly clashes between rival taxi associations CATA and CODETA over a disputed route connecting Delft, Langa, and Epping @NtuthuzeloNene https://t.co/75GMNhPT4t

Airline staff are walking up and down the queues, calling out flight numbers and desperately trying to pull passengers whose flights are about to depart to the front of the line.

Staffing shortages at the Cape Town International Airport, linked to the ongoing taxi-related unrest, have left the airport’s security screening operations under pressure, as some employees have been unable to report for duty.

The disruption comes in the wake of deadly clashes between rival taxi associations, the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA) and the Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi Association (CODETA), over a disputed route connecting Delft, Langa and Epping.

The violence has claimed about a dozen lives and disrupted taxi services, with the closure of ranks, including the Palms taxi rank in Delft, adding to the transport challenges.

While taxi operations have resumed in parts of the city, the knock-on effects are now being felt by passengers trying to get out of Cape Town.

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is advising travellers to allow an additional four hours for airport processing.

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