Commuters forced to make alternative plans due to taxi strike – VIDEO
ALEX - Taxi strike affects hundreds of commuters.
Hundreds of commuters have been forced to make alternative transport plans this morning due to a taxi strike by the Alexandra Taxi Association.
The Alexandra Taxi Association promised it would go on strike after Johannesburg Metro police impounded over 500 of its taxis at the weekend.
JMPD’s Edna Mamonyane said,“We’re not going to apologise for enforcing the law, especially when people are doing the wrong things and say that we must just turn a blind eye. Taxis are carrying people’s lives, people who will come to us when there’s an accident.”
#TaxiStrike This is one of the taxi ranks in Alexandra. It's completely abandoned and the shutdown is in full swing pic.twitter.com/08PVRWEsOy
— Khayelihle Rafiq Khumalo-James (@KhayaJames) June 25, 2018
Situation at MTN taxi rank #TaxiStrike pic.twitter.com/GjKsvfv6Bw
— Born To (@BuntuGQ) June 25, 2018
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My helper stranded in Alex due to the #TaxiStrike such an inconvenience for everyone involved. All because taxi drivers insist on driving their death traps that aren't licensed nor roadworthy?
— Vuyo Mkize (@vonchy_19) June 25, 2018
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