Taxi associations associated with violence and blockades on the R61 between Port St Johns and Lusikisiki have each been fined R700,000, and must cough up R200,000 within five days. The remaining R500,000 is suspended.
Taxi violence is again rearing its ugly head in the Eastern Cape with at least three taxi bosses and drivers killed and one hospitalised in a critical condition on Wednesday on the R61 near Port St Johns.The year 2023 was one of the bloodiest, with more than 20 taxi bosses killed in a few months in Ngqamakhwe, Butterworth, Centane, Willowvale, Dutywa, Elliotdale, and Mthatha since July 18.