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Video footage of Cape Town police officers manhandling a taxi driver amid the violent chaos of the Santaco taxi strike. Photo: Screengrab Twitter @VehicleTrackerz

Despite an emergency late-night meeting on Friday between Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga, the South African National Taxi Council and City of Cape Town officials following the taxi industry’s suspension of services, thousands of commuters were still left stranded on Saturday as the violent strike continued.Cape Town taxi strike: Stun grenades, bullets and by-laws

On Tuesday a tense standoff ensued when several minibuses were impounded. The police threw stun grenades at taxi drivers, and the City’s safety and security mayoral committee member JP Smith said live rounds were fired at officers. The week-long strike stems from the City of Cape Town’t decision to implement a by-law that empowers officers to impound a taxi instead of issuing a fine. A Golden Arrow bus driver shot and injured in Khayelitsha;Vehicles set alight in Khayelitsha, Langa and Atlantis;

Protests, with reports of tyres set alight in Atlantis, Bloekombos, Witsand and Borcherds Quarry, and

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