COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | Mbalula on taxi shutdown: 'It will worsen the economic devastation of the industry'

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More than 50 countries have made failure to wear a mask a punishable offence but SA has not, electing only to make masks compulsory in public spaces.

It was business as usual for taxi drivers on the deck at Cape Town CBD as Gauteng taxi drivers emarked on a shutdown leaving commuters stranded on June 22 2020.Almost 10 weeks after the deadly beating of Collins Khosa, witnesses say they are yet to be interviewed by the defence force.

We all travel to secure a better life or in search of knowledge and wisdom, and it was the pursuit of entrepreneurship that brought me here. An empty taxi rank in Tembisa as the taxi industry embarks on a shutdown on June 22 2020 in Gauteng after the two parties reached a stalemate when government offered them a Covid-19 support relief saying it is too little.Commuters were left stranded across Gauteng and some roads were barricaded as the SA National Taxi Council embarked on a strike on Monday to protest against a R1bn government relief package for the industry.

 

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