Taxi strike in Pretoria, South Africa, today

A taxi strike is occurring in Pretoria today. At least 10,000 people are expected to assemble at the Old Putco Depot in Marabastad. The crowd will move to the Department of Transport to hand over a memorandum of grievances and then will continue to the Union Buildings to hand over a second memorandum.

Advice

In some areas, roads are congested and some are at a standstill as taxis are moving about 5 kilometers/hour into the city.