CAPE TOWN - Today is the last day for taxi associations CATA and CODETA to settle their differences on disputed routes, before they are closed for 30 days.
The Western Cape Transport Department has decided to close the route from Mfuleni to Somerset West for a month because of warring operators.
There is already an interdict in place, to prevent further violence, in the conflict that has already claimed six lives.
CODETA plans to challenge that in court.
In the meantime, the Golden Arrows bus service will operate on the route, under police protection.