The shutdown of Eastern Cape roads by taxi operators over four-month payment delays for scholar transport services, which caused chaos in the province yesterday, has been suspended. This after a meeting in East London between taxi council leaders and provincial transport leaders, including Oscar Mabuyane who is said to have joined telephonically.
Farmers in the Eastern Cape are under financial strain and continue to feel the pressure of rising input costs and unforeseen expenses in the face of natural challenges.
Frustrations over continuous load-shedding has spread beyond the city’s borders as the agricultural industry feels the impact of intermittent power outages.
The crippling Transnet strike affecting ports across the country is “half over” but East London's port may still be in the red as most of its workers are yet to go back to work.