By Daanyaal Matthews Residents of Cape Town were engulfed in fear yesterday after reports indicated a dispute between SANTACO and the City of Cape Town due to impoundment of taxis that took place at the weekend. While both the City of Cape Town, and SANTACO, were both been forthright that the matter would be discussed between both parties and, at the time of writing, that a strike was not imminent. […]
There's still no end in sight to the current taxi strike in Cape Town. This is as Santaco provincial leaders say there hasn't been any positive progress on talks between them and the City of Cape Town. In the meantime, a political bun fight erupted between the African National Congress and Democratic Alliance-led governments over the issue at the heart of the taxi industry's unhappiness. The recent impounding of minibuses […]
The Western Health Department has urged community members to protect health workers and healthcare institutions. This comes after the Nolungile Community Health Centre in Khayelitsha was vandalised and looted this week. The department has since taken a decision to close down all clinics in townships and rural areas for the duration of the taxi strike. Hundreds of residents were this week turned away from health facilities and missed their doctor's […]
Police Minister Bheki Cele said that Cape Town had seen an uptick in crime since the taxi strike started, with 26 deaths being reported in the past two days. However, the minister could only confirm five deaths linked to the strike. Cele addressed the media at the Cape Town station deck taxi rank on Tuesday, where a taxi protest a week ago sparked the current strike. The minister said that […]
Taxi council Santaco in the Western Cape has welcomed Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga's call for the immediate release of impounded minibus taxis in Cape Town. During a media briefing on Tuesday, the minister claimed the City of Cape Town had been impounding taxis under an unlawful by-law. Chikunga said the city had added conditions on minibus operating licences that override established national legislation. The taxi industry claimed that 6,000 vehicles […]
The Health and Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa (Hospersa) is calling for swift action against perpetrators of violence in Cape Town. Incidents of violence were reported across the metro from Thursday afternoon, following the announcement of a taxi industry stay-away. Several buses and an ambulance were also torched. However, taxi umbrella body Santaco has distanced its members from the violence and destruction. Hospersa spokesperson, Lindelwa Mdlalose said […]
By Aneeqa du Plessis A case of murder is being investigated after a Law Enforcement Officer was shot and killed in Nyanga last night. According to SAPS, the deceased was a passenger in the back of a vehicle when an unknown gunman opened fire along Miller Road. The officials were en route to Bishop Lavis in an attempt to restore calm amid the taxi stay-away. “Possibility that the attack is […]
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape has asked the national government to urgently intervene in the ongoing taxi strike in the province. The party’s provincial representatives and the national Transport Minister Sindiswa Chikunga met in Cape Town on Friday to discuss the issue. On Thursday, taxi organisation South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) announced that its members would protest against the City of Cape Town’s traffic by-laws […]
“The situation was so that most of the violence was confined to Khayelitsha on Monday morning, there were some stone throwing and two protest action one on Baden Powell, one on the N7 opposite Dunoon both were quickly ended” This is according to the Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith, on Wednesday on VOC Breakfast. He was speaking on the taxi strike which took place on […]
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