Taxi sector threatens national shutdown
The taxi industry is putting pressure on the government over rising fuel prices.
It's threatening a national shutdown if it doesn't intervene to bring down the cost.
The coastal price of petrol is currently is around R26 a litre and diesel is about R25 a litre.
The spokesperson for the National Taxi Alliance Theo Malele says they wrote to ministers three weeks ago and have yet to receive a response.
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"We are saying that this industry that creates direct and indirect employment. Over 400 000 people cannot be left to go under, and we are saying government should relax some of the taxes and levies on fuel."
He says the sector is suffering.
"Since the increases in fuel we haven't been able to sustain our businesses, so therefore we need some form of formal intervention as some owners are losing vehicles through repossessions and we just cannot bear with this any longer because our profit margins has been squeezed to almost zero. This will actually affect our livelihoods."
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