Parents and their children from Khayelitsha and surrounding areas were left frustrated this week as minibus taxi operators blocked scholar transport from taking children to school.
Deputy Director-General Salie Abrahams]
Codeta said it would allow private scholar transport to resume operations on Thursday, but buses contracted by WCED would not be allowed to operate. Maynier said he would not meet any minibus taxi associations until they ended the blockade and stopped terrorising children and parents. Santaco Western Cape chairperson Mandla Hermanus said the reason for the stayaway includes what he called the continued unfair impoundment of minibus taxis for minor traffic violations by drivers and the “continued marginalisation of the taxi industry in the issuing of operating licences.
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