Johnathan Paoli
THE Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni added her voice to the litany of official condemnations of the ongoing violent minibus taxi strike in Cape Town.
Ntshaveni was giving a report from the 8 August Cabinet Meeting where she gave a briefing on the City of Cape Towns’ imposition of taxi operating conditions which she said are at variance with both the National Road Traffic, 1996 (Act 93 of 1996) and the National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act 5 of 2009), which regulate the traffic offences and applicable penalties, including the impounding of vehicles.
“Cabinet condemns the violence and anarchy in Cape Town and has called on Santaco to ensure that its protest action is peaceful and does not interfere with the rights of others. In this regard, we have noted that there were no violent incidents in the last 48-hours.
“However, members of the South African Police
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