Mbalula calls for truce between Uber and metered taxis
22 June 2017
Johannesburg - Metered taxi and Uber owners must find a way of working together to end the bloodshed and economic sabotage.
This is what Police Minister Fikile Mbalula said as Johannesburg Metro Police braced themselves for a march by disgruntled metered taxi owners on Thursday.
"As Meter Taxi owners march in demand of their economic freedom, they must do so within the ambits of the law. We are hopeful that what we saw previously will not be repeated as it violated other people’s rights to move freely and attempted to cause economic standstill,'' he said in a statement.
Traveller24 reported earlier that the Gauteng Metered Taxi Operators Committee (GMTCO) notified the management of Gautrain that it would be marching to the company's offices in Midrand on Thursday morning.