Watch: Early morning blockades as Gauteng taxi strike starts

Watch: Early morning blockades as Gauteng taxi strike starts via TheCitizen_News

Reports have started filtering in of several blockades by disgruntled taxi drivers with some visuals showing SANDF personnel assisting various law enforcement agencies.

With the hashtag #Taxistrike trending on Twitter, a number of incidents are being reported, with visuals of long queues for bus services also being shared.Several streets in Pretoria.The R80 in Soshanguve. The strike follows Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula’s announcement of a R1.135 billion Covid-19 relief fund for the transport industry, which taxi operators wanted a bigger share of. This demand was in light of the informal industry losing an estimated R25 million a day to lockdown regulations.Some visuals are showing members of the SANDF assisting law enforcement agencies to open blockaded road.

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