The City of Cape Town suffered a loss of R275 000, damage to private vehicles was estimated to R380 000 and Golden Arrow suffered a loss of R3.5m.
This comes after last weeks protest led by members
of two of the Cape’s biggest taxi associations Cata and the Codeta.
The protest was in response to a grievance against the
treatment from the provincial government. The associations handed over a memorandum
to Premier Alan Winde to address the issues.
The City’s mayoral committee member for safety and
security, Alderman JP Smith, said Initial assessments after Thursday’s
destructive taxi protest indicate that infrastructure damage runs well over R4
million.
by Everngelista Muza
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