Intercape’s shocking revelations on the ongoing violence being perpetrated against bus operators in the Eastern Cape allegedly by taxi operators underscore why crime continues to soar, despite repeated promises of plans, task forces and other action to deal with the scourge. That the long-haul bus company had to go to court to get an order to compel then transport minister Fikile Mbalula and transport and safety MEC Xolile Nqatha to meet their constitutional duties and make a plan to st.
Long-haul bus operator Intercape has asked the Makhanda high court to force transport minister Fikile Mbalula to implement its court order that he put his ministerial weight behind an action plan to stop taxi violence against bus operators and their passengers in the Eastern Cape. Mbalula is seeking leave to appeal against the October judgment and says that pending the outcome of the appeal, he has no intention of carrying out the court’s order that he work with the province to put in place s.
A group of Rhodes University students and employees are challenging in court the university’s mandatory Covid-19 vaccine policy. The newly formed organisation, Makhanda Against Mandates (MAM), is resorting to the high court on an urgent basis in a bid to interdict the university from implementing the mandatory vaccine policy it announced in October last year and to stop it from placing all unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave.