Taxi route closures: what you need to know

AMID the closure of several minibus taxi routes in the Cape Town metro, the Western Cape government says Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) and Metrorail will provide alternative transport options during this period.

- STAFF REPORTER

Temporary permits may also be issued to substitute operators where needed. From today, routes and lanes in Mfuleni, Somerset West, Khayelitsha, Nomzamo, and Lwandle will be closed for 30 days as a result of the bloody dispute between taxi associations Cape Amalgamated Taxi Associations (CATA) and the Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi Association (Codeta) over the Somerset West-Khayelitsha corridor.

“Tt is important to note that taxi ranks and roads will not be closed. Only the affected routes directly linked to the ongoing instability will be suspended.