Episode 1: Taxi drivers exploited | Indian street theatre

Many see South African minibus taxi drivers as untouchable, but they are some of the most exploited workers in the country. Left-wing street theatre is huge in India – we hear how a performance on New Year’s Day 1989 ended in tragedy.

6 Mar 2020
24 October 2019: The morning commuter rush at Bree Taxi Rank in Johannesburg’s central business district. (Photograph by Noncedo Gxekwa)
24 October 2019: The morning commuter rush at Bree Taxi Rank in Johannesburg’s central business district. (Photograph by Nonzuzo Gxekwa)

Many see South African minibus taxi drivers as untouchable, but they are some of the most exploited workers in the country.

Left-wing street theatre is huge in India – we hear how a performance on New Year’s Day 1989 ended in tragedy.

Host: Musawenkosi Cabe 
Guests: Lee Randall and Sudhanva Deshpande
Editor: Charles Leonard
Production: The Good People at Between Productions
Song Credit: Kuke Kwagijim’Iveni by Mfaz’Omnyama

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