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South Africa: Taxi Strike Cost Western Cape R5-Billion, Province Tells Parliament
GroundUp, 25 August 2023
The strike was called without notice and badly affected businesses, learners, clinics and government services Read more »
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South Africa: Cape Town Taxi Agreement Made an Order of Court
GroundUp, 18 August 2023
The High Court also dismissed SANTACO's interdict application Read more »
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South Africa: Families of the Five Western Cape Taxi Strike Victims Try to Pick Up the Pieces
Daily Maverick, 21 August 2023
Among those who died in the taxi strike were a 36-year-old worker from Gugulethu, an Atlantis taxi owner, a 33-year-old LEAP officer, a man transporting people to work and a… Read more »
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South Africa: Why Another Western Cape Taxi Strike Is Unlikely to Unfold Despite Tension After Santaco's Legal Loss
Daily Maverick, 21 August 2023
Commuters and the public can breathe a sigh of relief after the Western Cape Division of the High Court declared an agreement signed between Santaco and local government to be an… Read more »
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South Africa: Western Cape Education On Massive Improvement in Attendance At Western Cape Schools
Govt of SA, 15 August 2023
We have had a massive improvement in school attendance, with 1 074 649 learners, or 89% of all learners enrolled, present at our schools on Monday in the Western Cape. Read more »
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South Africa: Western Cape Education Department Urges Learners to Go Back to Class After Taxi Strike
Daily Maverick, 14 August 2023
The Western Cape Education Department has called on parents to ensure their children go back to school after the taxi strike, which on one day saw 71% of learners miss classes. Read more »
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South Africa: Taxi Council Calls Off Western Cape Strike
Daily Maverick, 10 August 2023
Santaco called off its taxi strike in the Western Cape on Thursday evening, saying it would use the next 14 days to work on releasing vehicles that had been wrongfully impounded. Read more »
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South Africa: Taxi Strike - Women March to Demand End to Violence and Looting
GroundUp, 10 August 2023
Philippi marchers call for City of Cape Town to use its CCTV cameras to bring the perpetrators of crimes committed this week to book Read more »
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South Africa: Taxi Council Ends Cape Town Strike
GroundUp, 10 August 2023
Update at 20:52 on Thursday 10 August: “SANTACO has published a statement saying: “It is with profound relief that we announce the immediate cessation of the Stay Away.… Read more »
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South Africa: How the Taxi Industry Works in the Western Cape
GroundUp, 10 August 2023
Here are facts on how big the industry is, how much drivers make, and the taxi industry's role in crime Read more »
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South Africa: More Talks As Taxi Strike Leaves Cape Store Shelves Empty
allAfrica, 10 August 2023
The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) confirmed that it will attend a meeting with Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis to try to find a solution to the taxi strike… Read more »
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South Africa: No End in Sight for Cape Town Taxi Strike
Scrolla, 10 August 2023
Santaco's taxi strike, which for the past week has gripped the Western Cape, is set to continue for at least two more days. Read more »
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South Africa: Taxi Strike Death Toll Mounts As Police Minister, Cape Town Mayor Hit Stalemate
GroundUp, 8 August 2023
Five people have died in incidents related to the taxi strike, announces police minister Bheki Cele Read more »
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South Africa: Cape Town Clinic Torched As Unrest Grows
Scrolla, 9 August 2023
The Nolungile Clinic in Site C, a vital lifeline for the Khayelitsha community, was burnt to the ground as the unrest born out of last week's taxi strike continues to spread. Read more »
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South Africa: Microcosm of a Fractured Society - Taxi Operators' Strike Is Not a Simple Black and White Issue
Daily Maverick, 9 August 2023
The Western Cape taxi operators' strike and its associated violence reveal much about our country and its politics. Suffering in the middle are commuters and bystanders -- ordinary… Read more »
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South Africa: Officials Play Blame Game Over Western Cape Taxi Strike As Commuters Suffer
Daily Maverick, 8 August 2023
On the sixth day of the Western Cape taxi strike, the word 'arrogance' was bandied about during two separate media briefings by national government officials on Tuesday. While… Read more »
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South Africa: Minibus Taxis Critical to Cape Town's Effective Functioning - Government Must Work With the Industry
Daily Maverick, 9 August 2023
Putting aside the issues surrounding the current strike and violence, as the main form of public transport, there should be measures in place to increase the operational efficiency… Read more »
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South Africa: Taxi Strike - City of Cape Town Granted Urgent Interdict Against Taxi Council
GroundUp, 7 August 2023
"Stop this madness as soon as possible," says Judge Read more »
Court Gives Legal Certainty to Cape Town's Taxi Strike Deal
The City of Cape Town and the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) have for now smoked a peace pipe in an effort to stop any further taxi-strike related violence in the city. GroundUp reports that a court order has given legal certainty on an agreement signed earlier this month. The strike cost the Western Cape economy an estimated R5- billion and at least R18-million in damages in the City of Cape Town alone, according to Western Cape MEC for Mobility Ricardo Mackenzie.
The ruling, made on Friday August 18, 2023, notes that an agreement was reached between the City, the Western Cape province and SANTACO on 10 August to "ensure the immediate return of mini-bus services" and the process to resolve the remaining grievances raised by taxi operators which gave rise to the strike.
It states that from 11 to 25 August, officials will exercise discretion granted to them under the legislation so that only the offences of operating without a licence, without a professional driving permit or driver's licence, or driving an unroadworthy vehicle would result in impoundment. The impoundment of taxis was a cause of the strike.
Burnt buses are removed from the N2 and Borcherds Quarry intersection. A taxi strike in Cape Town began on Thursday August 3, 2023.
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South Africa: Taxi Drivers Chase School Children in Day of Violence in Cape Town
GroundUp, 7 August 2023
Truck driver describes his narrow escape after his vehicle was torched by mob Read more »
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South Africa: Why Santaco Views Taxi Strike As More Than Just a Fight Against a New City of Cape Town By-Law
Daily Maverick, 8 August 2023
SA National Taxi Council members went on strike primarily in response to a new City of Cape Town by-law, which has led to large numbers of taxis being impounded. But the industry… Read more »
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South Africa: Looting at Malls as Cape Town Taxi Strike Continues
Scrolla, 7 August 2023
Violence and looting erupted in various malls across Cape Town on Monday in the wake of the ongoing taxi strike, plunging sections of the city into chaos. Read more »
