Taxis transport daily millions of black commuters. Their commando tactics of driving in the wrong lanes, ignoring red lights and playing chicken with other cars has caused a backlash of fury among citizens. The absence of apartheid makes a government-sponsored public system possible.
The fight between taxi drivers and the government for jobs and independence versus safety and reliability bring questions of right and wrong.
The Democratic Alliance, an opposition party, said taxi drivers have to accept competition. Independent transportation analyst Paul Browning said in a phone interview that the public system would benefit South Africa but should be phased in more gradually.
Can South African black taxi drivers demand job security, drive recklessly, endanger lives, and stage shut-downs and expect to stop a public transportation system? Are they relying on post-apartheid sympathy?
Is this character?
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