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Johannesburg - Taxi violence during a protest in Gauteng was deplorable, the Gauteng executive council said on Wednesday.
Discharging firearms, disrupting traffic and attacks on businesses were "completely unacceptable", the office of Gauteng Premier Paul Mashatile said in a statement after a meeting of the executive council.
"The programme to improve the transport system in Gauteng will not be delayed by these protests," it read.
"The process will go ahead as planned and as agreed to in the consultation process that has taken place with taxi owners throughout Gauteng."
Police opened fire on taxi operators with rubber bullets in Johannesburg on Tuesday during a protest in which they blockaded roads and stoned buses and motorists.
Taxi operators were protesting against the introduction of a Bus Rapid Transit System, which they fear would steal their business.
At the meeting, the executive council also, among other things, welcomed the passing of laws allowing the re-integration of Merafong into Gauteng.
It agreed that the needs of the people of Merafong had to be immediately assessed.
"A technical task team, led by the department of local government, has been formed to undertake an audit of assets, liabilities, staff and contracts that will have to be transferred from the North West provincial government to the Gauteng government," Mashatile's office said.
It said negotiations were proceeding with the Mpumalanga provincial government over the transfer of Ekandustria.