Santaco Gauteng Provincial Chairperson Midday Mali says they have suspended members found guilty of the recent acts of extortion and violence against Uber and Bolt drivers.
Videos circulating across social media show e-hailing drivers from Uber and Bolt being subjected to violence and intimidation allegedly by people impersonating Shesha e-hailing drivers and Santaco community patrollers.
Shesha is a South African-developed e-hailing service owned by Santaco and Gauteng National Taxi Association.
Mali has condemned the acts and thanked the media for exposing the violence.
Out of the social media, yes we have managed to understand and to say look this is not the way we operate as Santaco Gauteng and Gauteng National Taxi Alliance, this is not our approach so therefore theyve misunderstood what they were supposed to be doing on the ground. So, those we felt that they are not fit to give the service that they must do. We said they shouldnt be on the road at all. The role that you are playing as a media is quite important to us and we really appreciate it, so that it shouldnt be seem as if we are fighting South Africans as the taxi industry.
