The South African National Taxi Council says it will continue with its strike in the Western Cape after talks initiated to resolve the impasse collapsed at the weekend
Chaos ensued in Cape Town last week when Santaco abruptly halted all minibus taxi operations in the Western Cape after an impasse with City of Cape Town authorities.
This followed a blockade by taxi operators on Tuesday in response to the impounding of about 15 vehicles. The situation escalated into clashes with police and metro police who used stun grenades to disperse crowds and smashed a window in a taxi to extract protesters. More than 200,000 commuters were affected by the halt in public transport services.Since then the council and government embarked on talks to resolve the issues but these were suspended on Sunday.
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