TRANSPORT Minister Fikile Mbalula announced on Friday that government has offered the taxi Industry a relief package of R1.135 billion.
He said a once-off payment of around R5,000 per taxi will be paid out in due course.
Mbalula made the announcement at a briefing for his department on Friday, and said that in making the decision, government had considered the enormous losses the sector had incurred, as well as the fact that the restrictions placed on it during the lockdown were severe enough to render nearly half of taxi fleets unable to operate.
“Government has offered the Taxi Industry a relief package of R1.135 billion. Reaching agreement for this relief support for the taxi industry was a difficult process that involved extensive lobbying & convincing the relevant authorities on the importance and need for this fund,” said Mbalula.
“We have received encouraging and positive feedback from SA Taxi Finance that
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