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Alan Winde believes that de Ruyter's outspokenness about corruption led to his abrupt exit from the company.

A candid eTV interview led to De Ruyter no longer having to serve his notice period with Eskom, and has left government fuming for bringing the embattled SOE into disrepute.

Commuters in the Western Cape can breathe a sigh of relief after operators, under the umbrella of the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco), called off its mass taxi strike on Tuesday afternoon.

A planned shutdown for taxis in the Garden Route the Western Cape on Wednesday, which would have left thousands of commuters stranded, has been called off.

Taxi council, Santaco, has confirmed that it has called off a planned mass taxi stay away for Wednesday.

The Western Cape Government has added its voice to the call for men to play a part in addressing the problem of gender-based violence.

Education Department MEC David Maynier said minibus taxi associations were preventing children from attending school to extract contracts from the state.

Amid growing concerns of imminent strike action by minibus taxi operators, the Western Cape's newly-appointed MEC for Mobility, Ricardo MacKenzie, has urgently requested a meeting with taxi bosses to quell any potential violence.

The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) is asking its drivers to park their minibuses tomorrow in protest against what it calls the unfair and continued impounding of minibus taxis for traffic violations, while drivers wait for operating permits.

The South African National Taxi Council has called off a planned shutdown on Wednesday, citing 'progress' in talks with the provincial government.