Municipality blames taxi violence, but Ngqamakhwe’s local taxi association says the facility was never finished.
Ngqamakhwe town near Butterworth in the Eastern Cape received a brand new taxi rank in 2021. It took more than two years to construct and it cost R7.6 million. But it is not in use.
Mnquma Local Municipality spokesperson Loyiso Mpalantshane said the rank was handed over to the taxi associations, but police and municipal law enforcement advised them not to open it due to taxi wars. There are three taxi associations, each based in nearby towns: Ngqamakhwe, Centane and Butterworth taxi association.
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