“We had a thorough discussion with the department of transport to look at what the issues are and what the possibilities are,” said Mkhize.
He said transport minister Fikile Mbalula had raised the comments that had been brought up by the taxi industry that they would insist on“Actually, once we had sat down and met with them, that matter got off the table. They were actually prepared to understand what we were raising as the real concerns. And when they understood it, then we were able to try and approach the matter from the point of objective information that we had available.
He said the issues raised by the industry were tabled to the national coronavirus command council , which then tasked him and the health teams to meet Mbalula and evaluate the issues that were being put on the table.