'Reaching agreement for this relief support for the taxi industry was a difficult process,' says transport minister Fikile Mbalula.The government has offered the taxi industry a relief package of R1.135bn.
He added, “The department of transport will finalise its work and we will in due course announce the date on which payments in respect of the available relief will start.” Mbalula said the government had considered the effects of the lockdown regulations on the taxi industry, specifically the 30% reduction in passengers and prohibition on inter-provincial travel, among others.
Mbalula said the industry had said it was vehemently opposed to the conditions attached to the relief support.
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