KwaZulu-Natal taxi drivers are taking a stand against gender-based violence and appealing to women to seek their protection should they ever be in trouble.
Naidoo was speaking during a huge GBV awareness campaign taking place across the province, the result of a partnership between the department of social development and the South African National Taxi Council ., on the KZN south coast, which had been plagued by a series of gruesome murders which are thought to have been the work of a serial killer.
“We are here to say enough is enough on gender-based violence. We have seen a number of women march and take action, it is high time that we see men coming forward to see where they can assist and do their part,” she said.“They [Santaco] have shown that they are not only just interested in money — they have their passengers at heart.”
“We know for a fact that Santaco is mainly patriarchal — it's dominated by males as an industry as a whole. We believed that education is important — even though [there are] individuals who are still tribalists or traditionalists — we are saying to them, times have changed and it is important for us to respect each other.
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