, which will focus on formalisation – converting taxi businesses into corporate entities and ensuring compliance with the country’s tax and labour laws.
Mbalula said the indaba would also discuss the issuing of operating licences and empowerment, the creation of a business value chain entirely owned by the taxi industry, severe penalties for operators involved in conflict, and the introduction of a subsidy system. “The dates of the indaba have yet to be announced,” he said.
SA National Taxi Council provincial spokesperson Gershon Geyer has welcomed the holding of the National Taxi Indaba.