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Green shoots of positivity for minibus taxi safety
Rebooted taxi recapitalisation programme and new tyre form part of efforts to stem carnage in a form of transport used by millions
10 October 2019 - 05:07
The taxi industry, perhaps the peskiest of albatrosses around any transport minister’s neck, is still plagued by strikes, road carnage, violence and much more. Yet the minibus taxi business is the country’s most widely used and preferred mode of transport, accounting for more than 68% of the daily commuting by an estimated 15-million passengers a day.
The sector remains contentious with no clue of when or how all its trials and tribulations will be resolved; however, there are green shoots of positivity...
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