No end in sight for Cape Town taxi strike

Santaco secretary Gershon Geyer says they will not operate until they have filed papers in court. 

"(Community Safety MMC) JP Smith's threat out there is that they will impound 25 vehicles for every stolen or burnt vehicle. You add that up, I don't know how many cars he will impound.

"I think that will just throw some oil on the fire because people will not be happy if that should happen."

 

The South African National Taxi Council addressed the media during a briefing in the province on Wednesday evening. 

 

Taxi operators said they'd end the strike on Wednesday. Still, council Santaco has since announced that it's heading to court this week in a bid to force the City of Cape Town and the provincial Department of Mobility to release minibuses impounded during law enforcement operations that triggered the rolling strike action.

 

 "Our lawyers are busy compiling filing affidavits that they will submit, latest by Friday. Then we will see what happens after that. The application is to interdict the City of Cape Town and the provincial department of mobility for impounding our vehicles," said Santaco deputy chairperson Nceba Enge.

 

He apologised to the many commuters left stranded since last week. 

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"We care for them, we know that they are stranded. We apologise and hope that they will understand, we are doing this for the best of both us and them."

 

Meanwhile, the bus service company Golden Arrow says it will run a full service on Thursday.