Traffic on two major Eastern Cape roads was disrupted on Thursday when members of the taxi association SANTACO protested against changes to the scholar transport agreement with the Department of Transport.
The protesters also blockaded the R61 between Libode and Cofimvaba.
“In order for this industry to be given the attention it deserves clearly the province has to stand still, maybe that’s where the province will rise, because clearly the taxi industry is the most undermined sector in the province,” says Njoti.“We are missing a lot on school work because children are busy writing formal task for term one so that they can get reports at the end of the term but everything now has come to a stop, it’s a great loss for this day,” says Ntontela.
Spokesperson for the Department of Transport in the province, Unathi Binqose says the roads were clear on Thursday afternoon.
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