More meetings planned to resolve dispute after taxi strike
7 August 2018
A meeting is expected to take place between the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) and ANC members of the provincial legislature on Friday in an attempt to reach an agreement following a taxi strike in the Western Cape.
Minibuses returned to the roads in affected parts of the province on Tuesday after the one-day action which came about as a result of a clash over a conference that was supposed to have been held to resolve a leadership dispute over the provincial arm of Santaco, an umbrella body for taxi associations that liaises between the government and taxi associations regarding operational issues, funding and programmes relevant to the taxi industry.
ANC member of the provincial legislature (MPL) Cameron Dugmore told News24 on Tuesday that ANC MPLs, councillors and the police minister's special adviser, Lennit Max, had met with members of the minibus taxi industry task team (MTITT) where they were given a full briefing on their concerns.
On June 6 the Western Cape High Court ordered that Santaco convene a conference to resolve the Western Cape taxi industry's issues over leadership and differences over clauses in the Santaco constitution.