I strongly agree with Errol Hicks that we need to look into the finances of the minibus taxi industry (Taxi owners should pay up (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2020-01-14-letter-minibus-taxi-owners-should-be-paying-tax/), January 15).
However, his letter is based on an article that incorrectly referred to “profits” of R90bn, when it should have said “turnover”. That is the figure we get if we assume 8-million taxi users each spend R1,000 a month on taxi fares...
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