CODETA’s court application to reverse closure of some Western Cape taxi routes dismissed [SOUND]

# The Western Cape High Court has dismissed an urgent interdict application by the Congress of Democratic Taxi Associations against the closure of certain taxi routes and ranks in the province. On the 17th of September, a 30-day shutdown of taxi routes and lanes between Mfuleni, Khayelitsha, and Somerset West was enforced, following deadly taxi-related shootings. Provincial Mobility MEC Isaac Sileku says the court found that the department acted within its legal mandate to ensure commuter safety and restore order: