Planned taxi strike in Pretoria to affect commuters
Commuters were advised to find alternative transport on Thursday.
No taxis will be running on Thursday as the SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) will be going on strike.
Members are protesting against high minibus taxi purchase costs.
“No taxis will be running. We advise commuters to seek alternative transport,” said Santaco spokesperson Ralph Jones.
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Jones said industry members would be marching to the Taxi Finance offices in Midrand to hand over a memorandum of grievances.
“Some members have been hit hard by a high interest rate of 28 percent and blacklisting due to repayments of R15 000 per month over 72 months. “
“We cannot take it anymore.”
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Some highways, such as Mabopane highway, the R21, N1 and the N4 could be severely affected by the march.
“We apologise for any inconvenience that will be caused by this,” said Jones.
The Tshwane metro police said they were aware of the planned march, which was set to take place between 04:00 and 08:00.
Police however, said permission had not been granted for the march to go ahead.
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