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The forgotten roads between East London and its surrounding towns and coastal villages have deteriorated into hazardous daily commutes for residents, whose attempts to patch up their disintegrating routes is a never-ending nightmare. Buffalo Pass was the symbolic launching pad of the national pothole repair operation Vala Zonke.
Eastern Cape transport MEC Xolile Nqata has appealed to taxi operators to end their deadly factional fights and diversify their income streams so that they not only rely on commuters for sustainability.Nqata said relying on commuters only has seen taxi operators killing each other and anyone who wants to step in that space.
Premier Oscar Mabuyane will have to decide whether to set up a commission of inquiry into taxi killings after the resurgence of violence in the industry. This is according to Bishop Ziphozihle Siwa, the chair of a task team which was appointed by Mabuyane last year to mediate in the taxi industry violence.