Thousands of learners left behind by taxi strike
The Western Cape education department says that at the height of the strike, 852,259 learners stayed home from school in the province.
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Taxi blockade in Khayelitsha causes thousands of learners to miss school
The ongoing blockade of learner transport operators in Khayelitsha has resulted in over 13,000 learners missing school since Monday.
Massive taxi fare increase threatens commuters
The lockdown regulation requiring taxis to run at reduced capacity has, in the absence of relief funds from government, forced taxi owners to hike fares.
Taxi operators want the Minister of Transport fired
As they marched to hand over their memorandum of grievances to the ministry of transport at Union Buildings in Pretoria, taxi owners and drivers affiliated to the National Taxi Alliance unequivocally registered their anger at the Transport Minister, Joe Maswanganyi’s slow response to their demands.
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