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Taxis blockade main entrances in and out of Laudium, Pretoria. (Yusuf Abramjee @Abramjee, Twitter)
Taxis blockade main entrances in and out of Laudium, Pretoria. (Yusuf Abramjee @Abramjee, Twitter)
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Mbalula: I need the taxi industry, they need me too. We can't resolve issues by fighting, closing the road.

Government cannot go beyond what they have provided, says Mbalula. 

The Department of Transport has offered taxi owners R5 000 each in relief, to be distributed by the South African Revenue Service (SARS), due to the impact of Covid-19 and the national lockdown, but taxi owners have called for R20 000 each.

1h ago

You have no right to close the road, says Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula of the taxi strike in Gauteng.

I condemn the violence in the strongest possible terms. The protest is counter productive, he says.

Mbalula is speaking in Soshanguve, Gauteng. 

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EXPLAINER | Thousands stranded: Why taxis are striking across Gauteng

Hundreds of taxi drivers went on strike in Gauteng on Monday, which left thousands stranded. Taxi associations are protesting the state's R1 billion relief package, saying it is simply too little. Here's what you need to know about why taxis started striking in Gauteng.

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Commuters pulled off buses, motorists intimidated as Santaco drivers protest against govt relief

Several Gauteng roads were blockaded on Monday as taxi drivers affiliated to the SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) protested against what it believes to be insufficient government relief offered to the industry.

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6h ago

The South African National Civic Organisation in Gauteng say they 'vehemently support' Santaco's total shutdown.

'Sanco strongly urge the minister to approach treasury to think twice and do the honourable and be fair to Santaco. This pandemic hit every industry regardless of race,' they said in a statement.

6h ago

A taxi operator who wishes to remain anonymous says they've just received the call to strike and will be embarking on it now. Says what the govt are doing is wrong, R5k not enough for him and his drivers.

6h ago

Health worker Macy Chunps says she's been waiting since 6am for a taxi. Another commuter, Sibanda, says the same. Both are worried what their work will say about their absence.

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Thousands of Gauteng taxi commuters face being stranded as Santaco plans strike on Monday

Scores of commuters in Gauteng will be left stranded after taxis have threatened to down tools on Monday.Santaco is aggrieved over the loss of income, and fears banks will resume deducting debts from 1 July.

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7h ago

Lockdown taxi strike: Mbalula pleads with industry: 'This is not the time for war'

Mbalula has urged taxis to keep running, not go to war with government. Government has no more money to give - and already scraped the bottom of the barrel, he says.

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