Taxi owners monitor roads to prevent looters from entering Pinetown
The Clermont and KwaDabeka Taxi Association has been on guard since Tuesday afternoon.
THE Clermont and KwaDabeka Taxi Association continued to barricade roads in New Germany to stop looters from going into New Germany and Pinetown.
The owners took a decision on Tuesday afternoon to try and fight the looting which has negatively affected the country, especially KZN and Gauteng.
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Taxis could be seen lining up on Otto Volek Road and Dinkelman Road intersection.
Other taxis are lining at the intersection of Zazi, Freese and Roger Sishi roads. Public relations officer of the association, Sunshine Ngwane said they were fed up with people taking over and destroying the City.
“These people are gambling with people’s jobs. People are going to starve and for what?” asked Ngwane.
Ngwane said they will continue to monitor the situation. “We have hired private security companies to assist. In the mornings, people need to show identification and proof that they are going to work,” he said.
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