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IOL News reports that metered taxi operators in Pretoria have given the transport minister seven days to expel Uber operations, saying blood will be shed if this did not happen. And in Johannesburg, tension rose between drivers of the two operations outside the Sandton Gautrain station on Thursday.
An Uber car was set alight, allegedly by meter taxi drivers, near the station on Thursday afternoon. As threats of violence continued between the two groups, police formed a barricade to prevent further damage to property. Some drivers were physically assaulting each other and other vehicles were stoned, allegedly by angry meter taxi drivers. Meanwhile, more than 200 taxi operators on Thursday caused severe traffic disruptions in the Pretoria CBD as they marched to deliver a memorandum and to warn the department to remove the “cheap” taxi service from city streets. They vowed to resort to extreme measures should this not be done. A Department of Transport spokesperson said the department was aware of the memorandum and it was investigating.
- Read this report by Sakhile Ndlazi and Sihle Manda in full at Cape Times
- See too, Meter taxi operators march in Pretoria on Thursday against Uber, at Pretoria News
- And also, ‘Get rid of Uber or face bloodshed’, at IOL News
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