Commuters in Cape Town are not happy about the taxi industry’s decision to embark on a shutdown on Monday and Tuesday.would cease operations at the end of this month. Taxi drivers are angry at what they say is the regular impounding of their vehicles.One of the commuters expressed concern around the the planned strike, “No work no pay, so even now I’m not thinking of going back home, I must just book a place around that’s much cheaper for me than to go back and don’t know how to travel back.
Deputy Chairperson of SANTACO in the Eden region, Welele Mbudede, says their invitation to the SANTACO provincial meeting came too late to attend, and they couldn’t consult with all their regional members on time. “We are in solidarity with out colleagues. We don’t always see eye to eye with government. What they are complaining about are issues that also affect us such as the Blue Dot programme and the impoundement of taxis,” Mbudede explained.
The Garden Route and Karoo will not form part of the provincial stay-away. Regional Deputy Chairperson, Welele Mbudede says they support the action but their invitation to the provincial meeting came too late and they couldn’t consult their regional members on time.