Striking taxi drivers: Uber must fall
Striking taxi drivers are calling for an end to the e-hailing cab service Uber.
The taxi drivers are on strike in Tshwane.
They're currently marching to the Union Buildings where they will deliver a memorandum of grievances.
The organisers of the march, the National Taxi Alliance, says the drivers’ grievances include the non-issuing of operating licences, the non-subsidisation of the taxi industry as well as the Aarto Bill.
This taxi driver says Uber is stealing his customers.
WATCH #TaxiStrike Taxi operator at the strike wants #Uber service to be done away with "Uber is stealing our customers." @Slindelo_M pic.twitter.com/oMFwhqWNaR
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) November 8, 2017
Several taxi drivers carried placards in protest of Uber.
#TaxiStrike Taxi operators calling for Uber to fall. SM pic.twitter.com/YdOO9oynF8
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) November 8, 2017
Meanwhile, three taxi drivers have been arrested in the ongoing strike.
Gauteng police say two drivers were arrested for assaulting a traffic officer in Cullinan.
"In the early hours of the morning they assaulted a traffic officer in Cullinan," provincial police spokesperson Lungelo Dlamini says.
The third taxi driver was arrested for reckless driving after being involved in a crash in Sinoville.
"The taxi driver made a u-turn and collided with three other vehicles. Four people were injured," Dlamini confirms.