The Metropolis of Cape City says the taxi strike has up to now had restricted impression city-wide, aside from the Khayelitsha space the place legislation enforcement companies have been coping with numerous civil unrest incidents since dawn.
This as a two-day strike by the South African Nationwide Taxi Council (Santaco) commenced on Monday morning in a bid to get the provincial authorities to renew the Blue Dot Taxi programme.
The undertaking will likely be stopped on the finish of the month resulting from a scarcity of funding.
Member of the Mayoral Committee for Security and Safety, JP Smith, says three buses have been set alight, one other one hijacked and a number of other roads closed.
Smith says members have now been positioned on the buses to make sure the protection of commuters.
“Cowardly assaults have been launched on some public transport automobiles earlier this morning in Khayelitsha when two Golden Arrow buses and a MyCiti bus have been burnt out. It has grow to be the norm for sure position gamers inside the public transport sector to try to destroy the competitors and burn out competing public transport automobiles.”
The world stays tense. No accidents have been reported. Scores of commuters have additionally been left stranded.
Within the video beneath, SABC Information Reporter supplies an replace on the taxi strike:
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