A group of South African Transport Workers' Union (Satawu) taxi drivers protested in Johannesburg on Thursday for better employment conditions.
Satawu official Robert Seroka said the march was a follow-up to another held in July this year when the union submitted a memorandum to MEC for community safety Khabisi Mosunkutu.
"These people [taxi drivers] have no contract of employment, no provident fund, no employment letters and pay slips. They don't even have rights to leave grievances with their employers," he said.
The union called on the department of community safety, roads and transport and taxi owners to meet and find a solution to poor conditions of employment facing taxi drivers.
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The taxi drivers would march to the offices of the community safety department where they would submit a memorandum to Mosunkutu and transport MEC Bheki Nkosi.
About a hundred protesters were chanting and dancing in Johannesburg on the corner of Simmonds and President streets. - Sapa
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