South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) protest in Cape Town turned violent after a week killing At last Five people, including a British national and a police officer.
The Taxi drivers said the strike was in response to the heavy-handed tactics by law enforcement authorities, claiming that their vehicles were being targeted and impounded for minor offences such as not wearing a seat belt whereas other motorists were merely issued fines for similar offences.
Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga has ordered the immediate release of minibus taxis impounded by the city authorities, after admitting that the legislation used by the officers had been executed and implemented wrongly.
The taxi strike is expected to continue after negotiations broke down between Santaco and the provincial government led by the Democratic Alliance
