Taxi driver busted with newspaper clipping as licence disc

The ongoing battle between taxi drivers and metro police officials continues, but no one expected to see this recent turn of events on Tuesday afternoon when metro police spotted a new invention of a licence disc.

Arrive Alive posted a picture of a Johannesburg metro police officer N Zitha writing down a ticket for a taxi that used a newspapers cutting as a licence disc.

Arrive Alive wrote a small caption next to the picture that said: “Welcome to South Africa where a taxi driver used a newspaper as a license disc.”

The image seems to have gained popularity on social media, raking in more than 65 shares and counting on Facebook.