Santaco will embark on a mass stayaway until 9 August. Taxi commuters in Cape Town are set to be stranded on Thursday as taxi associations across the Cape Peninsula announced they would embark on a mass stayaway action after violent clashes with authorities this week. READ | Heavy-handed Cape Town needs a different way to deal with taxis, opposition parties sayThe chairperson of Santaco, Mandla Hermanus, told members during the meeting that a stayaway was the only solution. The strike action prompted the City of Cape Town to temporarily suspend its MyCiTi bus service as well as its Dial-a-Ride service. The mass stayaway is expected to affect thousands of commuters who rely on minibus taxis.

Source: News 24 August 03, 2023 16:48 UTC