They surrendered their permits to make way for the Rea Vaya bus service.
As a compromise, the city gave the taxi owners a 12-year contract to run the buses without an open tender process.A meeting between the company and City officials descended into chaos, following the City’s decision to advertise the tender for a contract. PioTrans shareholders say they were under the impression that their contract which ends in January next year, would be extended.PioTrans was given a 12-year contract to operate the Rea Vaya bus service in the city in 2011.
PioTrans CEO Noge Mochele wants the owners to reap the full benefits of the contract as they have lost their operators’ permits and their taxis were scrapped. “It is important that our contract be extended so that we can get the true value of what to me is a wonderful initiative. But what you don’t want is the contract to be ended prematurely and people who gave away their licenses for this investment are left destitute.”Share article
This has angered abo leadership
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I'm here for it. Hopefully Action4SA doesn't put this DA coalition above residents. Never forget that Rea Vaya was created as corridors into CoJ. As much as it was started during Tau's tenure, this project ignited joy for SOWETO & hopefully the lines will extent to all of CoJ.
The tender must also include the purchase of a new fleet of busses. Those things are rundown