The SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) has distanced itself from having any involvement in the planning of a national shutdown on Friday or lobbying for other unions to become involved.
News of a possible national shutdown surfaced online this week as taxi fares are set to increase following the recent spike in fuel prices.
However, Santaco said that they hold the strongest view that urgent intervention is needed from the government regarding high fuel prices, which is leading to pressure on consumers who now needs to pay increased taxi fares.
“Government can maybe have a look at bringing down the fuel price, which is uneconomical for us as a country. The passengers, in the long run, are going to bite the bullet here and we really wouldn’t want to do that by just increasing our fares.” Said Santaco’s Graham Frit.