PICS & VIDEO: Taxi owners go on rampage in Durban DailyNewsSA
Vagrants made the most of a taxi protest by going on a looting spree in Greyville. Here they make off with their loot on Kolling Street in Greyville. Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency Several roads in Greyville have been blocked off to traffic due to a taxi strike. On Osborne Street vagrants joined the protest by causing traffic disruptions.
Durban - Minibus taxi drivers and owner went on the rampage in the city centre today, blocking roads with their taxis and pulling out passengers from public transport vehicles. They set alight tyres on Umgeni Road and stoned vehicles which caused major traffic disruptions across the city. According to taxi drivers, they are angry that Durban Metro Police have been targeting them for not having certain permits.
As the chaos escalated, used car tyres were thrown across Umgeni Road and set alight at Charlotte Maxeke Street, near the home affairs and Durban station. Buses and taxis using an alternative road along Gladys Manzi were halted at Osborne Road by a group of men. Mini-bus taxis and buses were stopped in the centre of the road and their passengers were offloaded. A bus driver who tried to make a U-turn over the centre median in Gladys Manzi Road was attacked by a mob of people.
Parboo Sewpersad, a Durban Metro police spokesperson, said police taxi owners were having a dispute with the NPA.
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