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PICS: NW drivers block streets in protest against impounding of taxis

Police patrol streets near the Rustenburg taxi rank after taxi drivers blocked them demanding that the Rustenburg municipality released five impounded minibus taxis. Photo: ANA/StringerPolice fired rubber bullets to disperse raging taxi drivers in Rustenburg. Photo: ANA/StringerTaxi drivers used a bus and burnig tyres to block roads in Rustenburg. They were demanding that five minibus taxis impounded for allegedly operating illegal taxi ranks along roads in Rustenburg.

He said there were individuals driving cars, that would follow cars that had offered hitch-hikers a lift, they would then flick their lights, signalling the cars to stop, and once the car stopped they demanded that the passengers return to the taxi rank. "Subsequent to the impounding, taxi drivers came to our offices, blockaded the main entrance where services were suspended for some time."

 

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