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Cape Town commuters who don’t own cars had to walk home after two buses were set alight as minibus drivers continue blocking roads, causing traffic jams and chaos general chaos as part of their strike or go-slow against the City’s transport officials.
Cape Town Premier Alan Winde has urged minibus taxi leaders to return to the table and work with the Western Cape Government and City of Cape Town to resolve the issues that caused the strike.
“We recognise the important role the minibus taxi sector plays in the public transport industry and economy. But calling a strike, that has been accompanied by violence, is not the answer to resolving the grievances of operators and drivers. This will be a blow to our shared economic growth and will impact the poor the hardest,” he said.
Winde expressed his disappointment at SANTACO-WC’s sudden withdrawal from the Minibus Taxi Task
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