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Taxis are not operating today, leaving many travelers stranded. Drivers head to Union Buildings in Pretoria to deliver a memorandum to the Presidency.
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi addressing the media in Johannesburg during a press conference on July 17, 2020 by the provincial command council on their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Image: @ GautengProvince / Twitter
JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said there are contingency plans in place to ensure that no tuition students are affected by Wednesday’s taxi strike, which has left many travelers stranded.
Police and subway police have been tied up to redirect traffic in parts of Gauteng where taxis are blocking roads.
Officers are also following up on a bus hijacking as they face reports of driver intimidation.
Taxis don’t work today. Drivers head to Union Buildings in Pretoria to deliver a memorandum to the Presidency.
They want the government to explain where the COVID-19 relief fund they were promised has gone.
Some tuition students struggled to make it to their exams on time or not make it this morning.
A female student in registration was in the car with her father, on the way to write their Afrikaans test this morning, when they were intimidated by taxi drivers.
“The taxi strike actually blocked us and my dad had to get out of the car and they threatened him.”
Lesufi said they had tagged today’s newspaper with the national department.
“We have pointed out this document with the national minister that this is a document that we may have difficulties with, so the plan is that if they accept our value proposition, it could mean that the document is rewritten for those who did not write. , so there may be a day assigned. Those who didn’t make it may have to write it again. “
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