Some roads were quieter in Cape Town today as the usual morning buzz of taxis did not contribute to business as usual. Instead, the taxis and their authorities gathered in a massive strike along the N2, bringing the highway to a standstill. Their familiar buzz became a roar – a violent one.
But the notion of a peaceful protest, which they were granted permission to proceed with, has not been honoured. “The destruction of property weakens the hand of protestors and undermines the rights of others,” Mitchell expressed. The mark of the taxis has been evident on the N2 at Spine going into Spine Road, N2 inbound at R300, N2 inbound at Borcherd’s Quarry extending onto the airport route and N2 Inbound on Hospital Bend as per News24. However the aforementioned have reopened, par the Hospital Bend at the time of this article’s writing.