Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Chikunga urged drivers to stop and rest during long-distance trips
The national transport minister has slammed local by-laws while the police minister has distanced himself from the taxi mayhem that’s playing itself out in the Western Cape
It has also brought to the fore the political power tussle between the DA in the Western Cape and the ANC-led national government
The national taxi council is seeking legal advice to apply for an urgent interdict for the release of all its impounded vehicles
Sindisiwe Chikunga said that the city’s by-laws contravened national laws
The DA’s spokesperson on police, said that "we have been left rudderless" after Sindisiwe Chikunga was appointed deputy minister of transport.
Even if suspended police commissioner Bheki Cele is missing his job, he certainly won’t be missing Parliament’s oversight committee on police.