Moleps taxi drivers down tools

Almost all the taxis in the principal Kweneng town were off the street throughout the morning yesterday as taxis operators protested a decision of transport inpsectors to enforce strict rules to drop passengers off at the doorstep of their destinations despite road conditions and the lack of a taxi rank.

The taxis operators used Kgari Sechele Senior Secondary School as an assembly point to await conclusion of the issue at a kgotla meeting addressed by transport inspectors.They attempted to boo down Kagiso Akanyang of Transport Inspectorate in the presence of the Paramount Chief of Bakwena, Kgosi Kgari.The operators accuse Akanyang, who was only recently transferred to Moloepolole, of fuelling conflict between them and commuters by insisting that passengers are to be dropped off on the doorstep of their destinations, after holding exclusive meetings with commuters.