ActionSA Calls for Calm and a Return to the Negotiating Table
Michelle Wasserman
ActionSA Western Cape Provincial Chairperson
ActionSA in the Western Cape stands with all affected by the Western Cape taxi strike. We stand with the families and friends of those who have lost their lives, those who have been the victims of physical violence and those who have been affected psychologically by the fear of violence.
We stand with those who have been stranded and unable to get home or to work, and with those who have had to walk for kilometres or sleep at bus shelters. We stand with those who have been unable to receive the medical treatment they need and with the owners of businesses who have been forced to close and are unable to earn an income.
We condemn the irresponsible threat made by Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, that the City of Cape Town will impound 25 vehicles for every truck, bus, vehicle or facility that is burnt or vandalized. This irrational and ill-conceived statement simply threw fuel on a fire that is already devastating the Western Cape.
We call on all members of the taxi industry to refrain from acts of violence and intimidation and to protest peacefully.
ActionSA calls for calm and urges all parties to go back to the negotiating table in order to urgently find an agreed way forward, as the casualties of this war between the City of Cape Town and the taxi industry are the residents of the Western Cape, with the poorest and most vulnerable being the most severely affected.
ActionSA Calls for Calm and a Return to the Negotiating Table
ActionSA in the Western Cape stands with all affected by the Western Cape taxi strike. We stand with the families and friends of those who have lost their lives, those who have been the victims of physical violence and those who have been affected psychologically by the fear of violence.
We stand with those who have been stranded and unable to get home or to work, and with those who have had to walk for kilometres or sleep at bus shelters. We stand with those who have been unable to receive the medical treatment they need and with the owners of businesses who have been forced to close and are unable to earn an income.
We condemn the irresponsible threat made by Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, that the City of Cape Town will impound 25 vehicles for every truck, bus, vehicle or facility that is burnt or vandalized. This irrational and ill-conceived statement simply threw fuel on a fire that is already devastating the Western Cape.
We call on all members of the taxi industry to refrain from acts of violence and intimidation and to protest peacefully.
ActionSA calls for calm and urges all parties to go back to the negotiating table in order to urgently find an agreed way forward, as the casualties of this war between the City of Cape Town and the taxi industry are the residents of the Western Cape, with the poorest and most vulnerable being the most severely affected.