Commuters had to use alternative means of transport to work and to town.
Community members in Port Shepstone were left stranded on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast after the Ugu Taxi Association decided not to operate. The association’s Deputy Secretary-General, Erik Caluza, claims that the Department of Transport is failing to issue operating licenses timeously.
“We need permits … we did apply for permits and we have got receipts, but Shanela keeps on arresting us, whereas we have receipts to prove that we applied for permits. We are paying rank permits and the rank hasn’t been yet finished in NPS. If you can go and see where we are stationed … we are using the garage along the roads.”Drivers Browndash Cele and Mzwandile Ntanzi say the taxis they are driving have been impounded in the past, sometimes more than five times.
“Our bosses have submitted all the documents to the board but they don’t get licenses. Shanela comes from Pietermaritzburg and impound the vehicles. We are here today, but we are losing the income and the passengers are also loosing the money.”
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