THE MEC of transport, community and safety liaison, Willies Mchunu, told the Mandini-Sundumbili taxi operators to work together, Tuesday.
This follows an incident two weeks ago at the Sundumbili taxi rank when two security companies exchanged gunfire after a ‘misunderstanding’. Police confiscated 23 rifles, two pistols and 400 cartridges.
Emphasizing his obligation as MEC, Mchunu said it was his duty to ensure that no constitutional law is broken by association members, threatening that the taxi registrar had the authority to fine or suspend members or associations.
“Enforcement will be used as and when necessary to protect the interest of commuters,” said the MEC.
He said the department will be providing a platform for future engagement in the volatile taxi industry.
“We should work together by negotiating, phansi ngokubulalana (stop killing one another),”said Mchunu.
NOT even a month after the MEC for transport, community and safety liaison, Willies Mchunu, told the Mandini Sundumbili taxi operators to work together, allegation of taxi drivers being physical assaulted have surfaced.
CAPTAIN Michele Pitout, the 35-year-old wife and mother who was shot in the line of duty, was buried on Tuesday after dying from her severe injuries in a Durban hospital last week. Ian Pitout and his two young girls said a tearful goodbye to the Gamalakhe Station Commissioner in a service held at the Norwegian Settlers church on Tuesday morning.
The Disabled Peoples of South Africa are calling for taxis and buses to install alarms for people with disabilities. The call follows many incidents in which disabled people have been unable to communicate effectively with drivers or assistant drivers when using public transport, especially deaf or blind people.
