If you don’t stop Uber, we will stop them ourselves, meter taxi drivers warn
Meter taxi operators have upped the tempo in their fight to have Uber stopped from operating in the country. Hundreds of them marched to the Department of Transport in Tshwane on Wednesday‚ demanding the expulsion of Uber. The three-wheeled tuk tuks have also become a target of the operators. "If you fail to stop them‚ we’re going to stop them ourselves‚" they shouted, after handing over their memorandum of demands. For many months, meter taxi operators have raged against Uber, saying it was pushing them out of business. Johannesburg meter taxi operators joined forces with their Pretoria counterparts for Wednesday’s march. The march began at an open space near the Marabastad bus terminal‚ where scores of private cars were left. Under the watchful eye of police‚ the operators sang protest songs outside the transport department. They walked back to Marabastad peacefully. Their memorandum gave the department 14 working days to act against Uber and the tuk tuks. Read by Mang-Mang Nkadim...
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