Taxi strike brings Joburg CBD to a standstill

Traffic in the Johannesburg CBD came to a standstill midday on Friday as Soweto taxi drivers marched to the Office of the Premier, parking their taxis in the streets and demanding to be allowed to operate on their routes again. The protest came after Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, last week issued an ultimatum in a notice of intent to close taxi ranks and suspend routes of two rival taxi associations in Soweto, the Nancefield-Dube West Taxi Association (Nanduwe) and the Witwatersrand African Taxi Association (Wata).