Bellville to Paarl taxi route officially closed

The taxi route between Bellville and Paarl has officially been shut.

This route is at the heart of the volatile taxi violence we’ve been seeing over the past few weeks.To counter the heavy load of stranded passengers affected by the route closure, Golden Arrow will be providing extra bus trips between Bellville and Paarl for the period of the closure.

We checked in with our reporter Natalie Malgas for the latest on this story.