Peak Oil News - KZN fuel protest to bring country to a halt (South Africa)

The KwaZulu-Natal Transport Alliance, Cosatu and KZN Taxi Council will be embarking on a massive strike next Wednesday, leaving millions of people without transport on that day. The chairperson of the KZN Transport Alliance, Eugene Hadebe, said they were angry about the continuing increases in petrol price because they were not only affecting them, but also their customers. "We are really starting to believe that the government is somehow in a way trying to move us out of business - and we won't let that happen. When we increase our taxi fares, we are the ones that look bad in the eyes of the public. We are the ones who have to face the loss of passengers to buses and trains," he said.

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