Taxi Strike Death Toll Mounts As Police Minister, Cape Town... GroundUp_News: SouthAfrica
Five people have died as a result of violence related to the taxi strike which began on Thursday last week, announced police minister Bheki Cele at a press briefing on Tuesday.
At least five people have been murdered as a result of the ongoing violent taxi strike in Cape Town, according to Minister of Police Bheki Cele, who briefed the media at Cape Town station on Tuesday. Cele said violence not related to the taxi strike had taken place partly as a result of police having to divert their resources."If those two [the City and SANTACO] don't come to the table, we are not going to resolve this matter. We will be wasting our resources and diverting our resources from dealing with crime. Since it started, there's been a hell of an upsurge. People here have been dying. Everybody must come down from their high horse and swallow [their] pride.
"We will not negotiate on that. The rule of law is sacrosanct in this city. We want it to be sacrosanct across South Africa, but it is sacrosanct here. We will uphold the rule of law come what may," he said, adding that the City's"negotiating partners" would learn that they had to negotiate in good faith,"not while they have a gun to our heads".
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