Nearly 500,000 people in Cape Town used minibus taxis to travel to and from work and school in 2020. According to StatsSA's National Household Travel Survey, 325,000 of these people were travelling to work and 147,000 were learners – about a quarter of all commuters and a fifth of all learners. The city's learners and workers were left stranded in August 2023 by an 8-day South African National Taxi Council strike. Santaco's protest centred on a city by-law that allows authorities to impound vehicles for violations. Both private and public transport services were severely affected.