Taxi operators threaten teachers, pupils, force schools to close in parts of Eastern Cape

02 May

Sithandiwe Velaphi

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Taxi drivers blocking off Douglas Smith highway in East London with their vehicles in protest over non-payment of their scholar transport programme invoices. (Sithandiwe Velaphi/News24)

Taxi operators wreaked havoc in East London on Thursday morning, threatening teachers and pupils and forcing schools to close due to non-payment for scholar transport.

Operators contracted by the Eastern Cape transport department to ferry pupils to and from school said they have not been paid since January.

They claimed the department owed them R120 million.

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