Minibus-taxi industry needs to be formalised to receive subsidy
All sides agree the sector needs to be subsidised by the state, but monitoring how any money would be spent remains an issue
30 June 2020 - 16:18
The current dispute between transport minister Fikile Mbalula and the taxi industry began with the minister’s announcement of a R1bn-plus fund to enable ex gratia payments to be offered to taxi operators affected by the lockdown regulations.
The offer was quickly dismissed by the taxi industry leadership as being wholly inadequate. There were threats from some areas that the regulation limiting taxis to loading 70% of capacity would be ignored. Mbalula very quickly held a further media briefing in which he looked beyond the current emergency...
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