Taxi Strike: EFF calls for resignation of JP Smith – WATCH
The EFF sides with SANTACO and the Transport Minister and calls for the immediate release of the taxi impounded by the City of Cape Town.
The Economic Freedom Fighters in Cape Town took advantage of a prayer service by Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, to call for the resignation of City of Cape Town’s MMC for Safety and Security JP Smith.
EFF CHANT IN CHURCH
The interfaith service held at St George’s Cathedral was to pray for a peaceful resolution and an end to the violence and ongoing taxi strike. However, on the sidelines in the church pews, with candles in hand, EFF members led by Provincial Chairperson Unathi Ntame could be heard chanting ‘JP must fall, bring back the taxis’.
EFF Cape Metro led by Provincial Chairperson, Cmsr Unathi Ntame, chanting JP Smith Must Fall in a prayer session in Cape Town.
— EFF_Cape_Metro (@EFF_Cape_Metro) August 9, 2023
JP Smith has demonstrated lack of capacity and strong leadership in dealing with the #TaxiProtest, he failed dismally to find a solution this crisis! pic.twitter.com/SZKbMOUdAB
While the rest of the attendees are praying for a peaceful resolution, the EFF had been praying for Smith’s demise.
“We are praying for JP Smith to find conscious to that he can resign, he has blood on his hands”, the party stated on their social page X (formerly Twitter).
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EFF has called Smith’s alleged utterances over impounding 25 taxi’s for every truck, car, bus of facility that is burned or vandalised as ‘careless’.
“The careless utterances by Smith were nothing but a declaration of war by a white supremacist who is aware that his white constituency will not be affected by the unlawfulness of his war declaration against SANTACO”, says Ntsikelelo Tyandela.
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EFF CAPE METRO IS CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION OF THE MMC OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, JP SMITH, AND FOR THE DA-LED CITY OF CAPE TOWN TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLENCE THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE TAXI PROTEST. #TaxiStrike pic.twitter.com/I0eXk8iSwt
— EFF_Cape_Metro (@EFF_Cape_Metro) August 9, 2023
“Smith has failed to demonstrate strong leadership, which would have required him to apply conflict resolution strategies to deal with the taxi protest.”
The EFF says they have tried to intervene in the ongoing taxi strike however they were ignored.
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“We intervened by contacting by contacting the Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis. Our efforts, were ignored and all doors were shut on us by the DA” added Tyandela.
The party says they will stand by SANTACO and urgues the taxi industry to continue fighting for the release of their taxi’s.