Transport minister Fikile Mbalula should approach the Treasury for a “special” relief package for long-distance and cross-border taxi operators who were hit hardest by the lockdown, the National Taxi Alliance said on Monday.
Should the compensation request for cross-border and long-distance operators be granted by the Treasury, it could run into billions of rand, said NTA national spokesperson Theo Malele. The NTA is the second-largest taxi association in SA. In June about 45,000 taxi operators abandoned their vehicles, intimidated fellow motorists and blocked highways, leaving commuters and workers across Gauteng stranded, demanding that the relief fund for the sector be increased. But Mbalula put his foot down, saying increasing the amount was “simply not an option”.
Malele said they also wanted Mbalula to “urgently” set up a committee to look at the modalities of resuming long-distance and cross-border operations at 100% loading capacity.Malele said the cross-border and interprovincial operators “have not only lost livelihoods, but are on the verge of losing their taxis to the financial institutions”.
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