More unrest on the city's roads

By Nadia Samie
27 October 2006

Commuters, drivers and police had to endure another turbulent morning on the city’s roads. Taxi drivers in Cape Town have vowed to keep protesting until they receive better treatment. Hanover Park taxi driver, David Jaggers, told Bush Radio in an eyewitness account this morning that taxi drivers were driving around the areas in cars, preventing drivers who were working from loading passengers.

Jagger says he had heard reports of a driver being shot in Mitchell's Plain, but police spokesperson Captain Billy Jones said that the shooting incident could not be confirmed. Jones said that incidents of stone-throwing and blockading are being encountered along Meeuway and Spine Roads and the N7. If possible, motorists should take alternative routes.

Yesterday morning striking taxi drivers blocked several parts of the N2. They say they're unhappy with Transport Minister Jeff Radebe's taxi recapitalisation programme and they also claim they're being victimized by police.The recapitalisation program has resulted in the arrest of more than 600 taxi drivers since April.