The City of Cape Town’s traffic service impounded 47 minibus taxis in Green Point on Monday following an illegal blockade outside the Gallows Hill driving licence testing centre by disgruntled taxi operators.
A group of minibus taxi owners with vehicles operating in Cape Town’s Green Point, Sea Point and Hout Bay downed tools in protest at the decision to impound their vehicles this week. The city’s traffic service impounded 47 minibus taxis in Green Point on Monday following an illegal blockade outside the Gallows Hill driving licence testing centre by disgruntled taxi operators.
Taxi owner Sabelo Nyama said: “The City knows the matter because they were the ones who gave us permission to operate. Now they changed that. They only told us on Monday that the permission was suspended, without letting us know. Stranded commuters were forced to use metered taxis, causing a tense stand-off between minibus taxi owners and metered taxi drivers.
“The five vehicles with operating licences will not able to cope with the volume of people who need to be transported.”
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