LETTER: Inaction over taxi deaths
Government is mute over road carnage while clamping down on innocents
15 March 2020 - 18:26
There have been a few horrific head-on accidents recently involving minibus taxis, with a dozen or more people killed, many of them children — tragically three from one family.
But this should not come as a shock to anyone. Life is cheap in SA, especially regarding taxis. There is no public outcry, no demonstrations, no marches, no political party taking a tough stand, no general strikes against the taxi industry. The public are like lambs to the slaughter...
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