TMG Digital/TimesLive report that thousands of employees‚ students and scholars in Durban were unable to able to get to work‚ school and college on Wednesday morning as taxis blockaded roads and national highways.  

The SA Taxi Association planned a legal protest on Wednesday claiming that taxi manufacturer Toyota had hiked prices of the Quantum vehicle used to transport passengers.  The association was granted permission to march from Isipingo Beach to the factory in Prospecton to hand over a memorandum.  However by as early as 5am on Wednesday morning‚ dozens of taxis had blockaded roads and highways from the south to the north coast.  An Isipingo resident said he left his home at about 6.30am and was confronted by burning tyres, which he managed to circumvent, only to be confronted by more burning tyres when he drove on.  Another Isipingo resident said he was unable to send his two children to school.

• Read this report by Yasantha Naidoo in full at TimesLive

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