JOHANNESBURG - Police say close to 50 taxi drivers who were arrested on Wednesday will appear in court on Friday for blockading roads during a taxi strike in Vereeniging.Police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades following a standoff with the taxi operators.
The strike was triggered by ailing road infrastructure and delays in the upgrading of a taxi rank but the protest has since been suspended. Police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo: "Those that were arrested will be appearing in the Vereeniging Magistrates Court facing charges of public violence."
Slap on the trist coming...should have impounded their death traps and suspended their PrDP's
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