EDITORIAL: What the taxi clash says about our line on law and order
The ANC is likely to cynically benefit from the brutal strike in South Africa’s best-run province
10 August 2023 - 05:03
The violent and unprincipled taxi strike that has throttled not just Cape Town but much of the Western Cape hinterland this week is yet another bald wheel on the out-of-control Hi-Ace that is the ANC’s handle on law and order.
We should hardly be surprised that police minister Bheki Cele’s own “talks” with taxi organisations — held outside the formal lines established by the city under the auspices of his DA counterparts — were swiftly followed by the bad-faith actions of taxi operators this past week...
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