The shutdown of six taxi ranks and routes in Soweto took effect from Friday morning and will be closed until further notice.
More than one hundred police and traffic officials have been deployed in Soweto to monitor closed taxi ranks and routes, said MEC for roads and transport Ismail Vadi in a statement on Friday.
On Wednesday Vadi announced the closure of routes operated by warring Soweto taxi associations, the Nancefield Dube West Taxi Association and Witwatersrand Taxi Association . “A person is guilty of an offence if he/she operates minibus taxi services in contravention of the regulation,” said Vadi.
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