SowetoTaxiShutdown The associations are fighting over taxi routes and taxi ranks, which include Dube station, Makhetha stores, Uncle Tom's Hall and Mfolo Sizwe.
SIPHIWE SIBEKO
Police spokesperson Captain Kay Makhubela confirmed the incident, adding that private vehicles were also damaged.The associations are fighting over taxi routes and taxi ranks, which include Dube station, Makhetha stores, Uncle Tom's Hall and Mfolo Sizwe.Ismail Vadi, Gauteng MEC for roads and transport, issued a warning on March 7, which was published in the provincial gazette.
"I firmly believe that the closure of the said routes is now necessary to achieve normality in the declared area." Alternative transportation
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