By Lungile Ntimba
In an effort to deal with a number of issues facing the taxi industry in Gauteng, including licence backlogs and the management of fares, roads and transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela will establish an operating licence crisis committee.
It will comprise officials from the department, municipalities and regional leaders from the taxi industry.
“The collaboration will decisively facilitate the sanitising and consolidation of data, proposals and clearing of operating licences backlogs, integrated management fares, and [address] violence-prone hotspots in the province, particularly amongst identified taxi associations,” the department said on Tuesday.
“It will also follow up on the scrapping of operating licences related to the recapitalisation programme, including, but not limited to penning a letter to the national [transport] minister indicating the impact of the systems delay.”
The announcement follows the MEC holding a meeting with the leadership of the Gauteng taxi industry on Sunday to discuss various
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