Daily Voice 2021-10-29

The Daily Voice is Cape Town's most read daily English newspaper. Independent Media SA's only tabloid title has a unique Cape Town cultural flavour and covers news in the local communities’ language.

NOW that the dust has settled following the spinners blockade of Killarney one Saturday a month ago, Bobby Nitro thought it’s fit to follow up and see what, if anything, has happened in response to the protest. The news, however, is that there isn’t any news, which in itself is telling. But first, some history. As a refresher, on 25 September, an assortment of spin and drift drivers from areas such as Atlantis, Grassy Park and Eerste River converged on the raceway at 5am and blocked the entrance, protesting the fact that, despite following the official channels, dates for their events had not been announced by the Western Province Motor Club (WPMC), the organisation overseeing motorsport in the province. Shane Green, a top drifter and one of the organisers of…