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Tyres burn, roads blocked in Eastern Cape provincial taxi strike

───   10:08 Fri, 10 Jun 2016

Tyres burn, roads blocked in Eastern Cape provincial taxi strike | News Article

Port Elizabeth - Protesters set tyres alight and blocked roads in Kamesh, Uitenhage, on Friday, Eastern Cape police said.


“I would not say it is taxi violence, but there is a protest going on,” Captain Gerda Swart said.

There had been no reports of violence.The Eastern Cape education department urged school principals to reschedule tests if they were affected by a province-wide taxi strike on Friday, AlgoaFM reported.

Police were monitoring the area.

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