E-hailing drivers are allegedly being bullied by taxi drivers who will not allow them to fetch their customers at convenient spots such as Hemingways Mall.Some say they are being chased by taxi operators.
East London motorists are up in arms over the shocking condition of the city's roads, with huge potholes endangering lives and costing a fortune in vehicle and tyre repairs.Voortrekker Road, especially from the Highgate Hotel to the Johnson & Johnson factory, is notorious.
While education bosses have declared the province ready for the academic year starting on Wednesday, on Monday Eastern Cape schools were battling with queues of parents desperate to secure places for their children.
amaXhosa King Ahlangene Vulikhaya Sigcawu has asked Uncedo Service Taxi Association members to professionalise the taxi industry, diversify incomes and to stop killing each other.
Warring Eastern Cape taxi bosses have agreed to a peace accord, but it is up to the Uncedo Taxi Service Association’s membership to accept the deal. Taxi bosses led by Xhosa King Ahlangene Vulikhaya Sigcawu met at Cambridge Hall in East London on Wednesday to finalise outstanding issues after a meeting held at Regent Hotel last week.