The B97 minibus taxi route between Mbekweni in Paarl and Bellville will be closed for a further four months starting from today, Thursday 26 May 2022.
In July 2021, a number of violent incidents took place on the affected route as a result of tensions between conflicting taxi associations, the local Paarl Alliance Taxi Association (PATA), which is affiliated to CODETA, and CATA Boland both of which claim rights to run the B97 route.
I published a number of Notices in this regard last year, namely Government Notice 416/2021 in Government Gazette 44836 dated 9 July 2021 and Provincial Notices 77/2021 in Provincial Gazette 8467 dated 23 July 2021, 82/2021 in Provincial Gazette 8475 dated 6 August 2021, 111/2021 in Provincial Gazette 8496 dated 23 September 2021, 143/2021 in Provincial Gazette 8522 dated 22 November 2021 and 144/2021 in Provincial Gazette 8523 dated 25 November 2021.
My proposed actions were published under Provincial Notice 22/2022 in Provincial Gazette 8554 dated…
