Taxi organisation SANTACO in the Western Cape says it never intended to withdraw its transport service in the City of Cape Town for the whole seven days when they initially announced a massive stayaway about the impounding of taxis, last week.
Provincial chair of SANTACO, Mandla Hermanus, says they are saddened that a dispute with the City of Cape Town and the Western Cape Government had not been resolved yet.He says the taxi industry feels the pain that its passengers are feeling.
Meanwhile, Chairperson and Convenor of the Cape Metro Development Forum, Ndithini Tyhido says they are concerned that negotiations between SANTACO and relevant role players has not resolved the taxi crisis.
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