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Mpumelelo Mkhabela | Taxi strike violence: Minister Chikunga, it's time for state to regulate industry
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The real cause of the mini-bus taxi-related violence in Cape Town is the oversupply of minibus taxis relative to the market of available passengers. The state – at national, provincial and municipal levels – has not developed strategies to control this effectively, argues Mpumelelo Mkhabela.

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