Not only has a major taxi route in the province been closed, but even clinics are empty because health workers cannot get to their places of employment.
Codeta spokesperson Andile Khanyi said the association was “sick and tired of this violence. It affects innocent lives”.
He said it was agreed Cata taxis would take passengers from Nyanga, Belville and Kraaifontein to Paarl but come back empty. “Many routes are controlled by Cata in the province. That has been the case for years. For example, we [Codeta] do not pick up passengers coming to Khayelitsha in Nyanga after we have dropped off. But they [Cata] take people from Site C taxi rank, which is in Khayelitsha, to Nyanga. They have been doing that for years.”
“This is a total disregard and infringement of people’s democratic right to travel in a safe and healthy manner in any mode of public transportation of their choice.
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