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The national government has moved the Women\u2019s Day commemoration from Cape Town to the Union Buildings on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture said the Santaco taxi strike has forced the government to move the event.<\/p>\n
The Western Cape has been affected by the taxi strike that started last Thursday over enforcement of traffic by-laws.<\/p>\n
There were reports of looting on Tuesday in some of the malls and SAPS arrested a number of people.<\/p>\n
Several cars and buses have been torched.<\/p>\n
President Cyril Ramaphosa was due to address the main Women\u2019s Day event in Khayelitsha on Wednesday, but an alert from government said the event has been moved to Pretoria.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 2023 national Women\u2019s Day commemoration will no longer be held in Khayelitsha, Western Cape and will instead take place at the Union Buildings South Lawns, City of Tshwane, Gauteng province,\u201d said the government.<\/p>\n
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture is organising the event and said events of the past few days in Cape Town have forced them to change the venue.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis change has been necessitated by the ongoing taxi strike in Cape Town, where Khayelitsha has been deemed a high security risk area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe national Women\u2019s Day commemoration at the Union Buildings will begin with a symbolic walk from Sammy Marks to the Union Buildings. The formal programme is set to begin thereafter and will include a keynote address by President Cyril Ramaphosa,\u201d said the department.<\/p>\n
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