Cape Town taxi strike ends
18 September 2017
Cape Town - Taxi drivers suspended their strike around Cape Town on Monday afternoon, but not before two buses were torched and at least 52 people were injured.
The Western Cape MEC for Transport and Public Works, Donald Grant, and representatives of the SA National Taxi Organisation (Santaco), as well as a Taxi Task Team, met on Monday to thrash out a leadership issue and by early afternoon said the strike was called off.
"At the centre of the disagreement is a dispute over internal constitutional processes that must be followed in the election of a new leadership," said Grant in a statement.
The agreement was reached after the taxi drivers agreed to mediation over how their new leadership would be elected.They were urged to return to work immediately and to encourage calm on the streets as the evening commute approaches.