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Taxi men promise weekend boycott

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A Durban taxi drivers’ organisation has vowed to stay away until taxi owners and the Department of Labour address their demands for better working conditions.

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Durban - A taxi drivers’ organisation that claims to have more than 1 000 members in Durban has vowed to stay away from Friday until taxi owners and the Department of Labour address their demands for better working conditions.

SA Taxi Workers Organisation (Satwo) secretary Musawenkosi Khoza said yesterday that members had agreed stop to work on Friday.

“The drivers have suffered enough exploitation at the hands of the taxi owners… Drivers need to enjoy rights just like any other employed person,” said Khoza.

He said the Department of Labour should enforce the labour laws and drivers’ right to permanent employment.

On Workers’ Day (May 1), Satwo members marched to the city hall to deliver a memorandum to the SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) and labour and transport departments.

Only an official from Department of Labour was present to receive the memorandum.

“Their demands are not feasible,” Santaco secretary Mdu Xaba said.

“Taxi owners are negotiating with the government to formalise and subsidise the industry. They do not realise that their grievances can be dealt with only after ours have been resolved by the government.”

Xaba warned the drivers that a stayaway could lead to a serious confrontation with taxi owners.

nkululeko.nene@inl.co.za

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