Eastern Cape town's R7.6m taxi rank left unused for years

Eastern Cape town's R7.6m taxi rank left unused for years

The R7.6 million taxi rank in Ngqamakhwe town near Butterworth, Eastern Cape, was completed in 2021. It is not in use.

Law enforcement advised that the transport hub should remain unopened due to potential taxi violence. Ngqamakhwe, a town near Butterworth in the Eastern Cape, received a brand new taxi rank in 2021. It took more than two years to construct and cost R7.6 million - but it is not in use. The chairperson of the Ngqamakhwe taxi association, Phumzile Jwathi, confirmed they had received the keys to the rank from the municipality, but said they had been waiting since 2021 for the municipality to install lights and a rail for the sliding gate, and also to fix the doors and the fencing.We told them that we can only use the taxi rank once all has been fixed. Since then, they have been giving us the run-around.

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