Overview
- The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) publicly disavowed plans to disrupt taxi services for a June 30 national shutdown and urged protests and enforcement to follow lawful, peaceful channels.
- Santaco warned that stopping taxi operations would cut off millions of commuters and damage trade, tourism, small businesses and regional transport links, deepening social and economic instability.
- Citizen groups led by March and March remain committed to a June 30 deadline demanding undocumented foreign nationals leave South Africa, keeping the risk of unrest active despite Santaco's withdrawal from disruption.
- President Cyril Ramaphosa and security clusters have responded by stressing that only authorised officials may enforce immigration laws and by accelerating policing coordination and immigration processing teams.
- Local displacement, recent arrests and preparations for diplomatic repatriation flights have raised humanitarian concerns and prompted calls from civil society for independent investigations into forced removals and policing conduct.