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IOL reports that the SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) in the Western Cape says all taxi operations will resume on Wednesday following a two-day strike that left commuters stranded on Monday and Tuesday.
The two-day violent strike was a result of Western Cape Government decision to cancel its Blue Dot Taxi Project despite meetings with the provincial government to try to prevent the strike action. Three buses were torched on Monday morning. In a media release, Santaco apologised for the inconvenience the two day strike caused and gave the assurance that operations would resume effectively on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Santaco’s Nceba Enge denied that members of the taxi industry in Cape Town were involved in the violence and intimidation directed towards commuters and private transportation. He claimed members of the taxi association were not involved and that most of them were at home. Enge opined that the reported violence might have been a result of a third force acting as taxi drivers to taint the image of Santaco members. The denial came despite three men with strong links to the taxi industry being arrested, allegedly with 13 petrol bombs, in Delft.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sibuliso Duba at IOL
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