The Ekurhuleni Taxi Industry (ETI) is set to march to the office of the mayor in Germiston tomorrow morning.
Those making use of public transport are advised to make alternative arrangements.
According to the ETI there were delays in the completion of the Harambee BRT system. As a result of the delays , he industry is calling for both the mayor and the city manager to be removed from their positions.
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The protest will take place on March 20 and will be led by ETI under the Ekurhuleni leadership of both the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) and the National Taxi Alliance (NTA).
ETI will present a memorandum of demands to both the mayor and the speaker of council.
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The organisation said it was 100 per cent behind the Harambee BRT system, but that under the leadership of the current mayor, Clr Mzwandile Masina, the Harambee BRT project continued to suffer a number of delays that were negatively affecting the roll-out of the project and denying the citizens of Ekurhuleni a better public transport service that is designed to transform the public transport network and support the economy of South Africa.
ETI said it called upon President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Gauteng premier, David Makhura, to act decisively and with speed to restore the faith and confidence of the citizens of Ekurhuleni.
