Cape Town - Drivers from the Wescape Taxi Alliance on Wednesday marched to the office of Premiere Helen Zille to hand over a memorandum of demands.
But there were more police than protesters at the march to the provincial legislature, as cops feared a repeat of two weeks ago, when drivers went on a rampage and riot police fired stun grenades in the CBD to disperse the crowds.
Drivers are protesting after five taxis were impounded by traffic officials and drivers were arrested for outstanding warrants.
But according to angry drivers at the scene, this was a “deliberate ploy” by the City of Cape Town to get rid of them permanently to make room for the MyCiti buses.
* For more on this story see Thursday’s Daily Voice