LETTER: Subsidising taxis makes sense
Amid shambolic public transport system any effort to formalise industry and include it deserves support
24 September 2020 - 17:21
Tom Eaton’s recent column refers (“Paying taxis might get more people to pay their taxes (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2020-09-14-tom-eaton-paying-taxis-might-get-more-people-to-pay-their-taxes/)”, September 14). While it may be the case that the government “rolls over” for the taxi industry, there is sense in transport minister Fikile Mbalula’s proposal to pay an operating subsidy to a formalised taxi industry.
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