Santaco does not believe that the fuel levy reduction will make any difference to its industry. Photo: PapJeff / Flickr
SANTACO to file court interdict over taxis impounded by City of Cape Town
SANTACO in the Western Cape is accusing the City of Cape Town of reneging on an agreement after six taxis were impounded over the weekend.
Santaco does not believe that the fuel levy reduction will make any difference to its industry. Photo: PapJeff / Flickr
The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) in the Western Cape will reportedly file a court interdict to prevent the City of Cape Town Municipality from impounding its members taxis.
This comes just days after the City of Cape Town, Western Cape Government and SANTACO agreed to call off the strike which created widespread disruptions in education, healthcare, and other sectors throughout the Western Cape.
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The strike, sparked by protests by taxi drivers against a clampdown by city officials against traffic offenders, including impounding their vehicles, disrupted traffic on the N2 highway, causing delays at Cape Town International Airport and causing schools and clinics to shut.
At least five people were killed during the strike including a 40-year-old British doctor who was shot and killed in Nyanga.
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Six minibus taxis were allegedly impounded over the weekend.
In an interview with Newzroom Afrika, the taxi association’s treasurer-general Ivan Weldack said the City of Cape Town leadership, led by Safety MMC JP Smith and Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, as well as Western Cape Transport MEC Ricardo Mackenzie, were acting in a manner to cause divisions within the minibus taxi industry.
Weldack said they have an urgent meeting to decide how to move forward about the interdict.
“We will first meet as PEC of the province because the City has not met their end of the agreement by impounding the vehicles,” he said.
