The National Transport Amendment Bill, which introduces regulations for e-hailing services, remains before the National Council of Provinces. In March 2020, Parliament passed the bill, but President Cyril Ramaphosa declined to sign it into law in 2021, sending it back to the legislature amid concerns that the usurpation of powers of municipalities was unconstitutional.
When sending the bill to Parliament in 2020, then-Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula had said the bill - which introduce fines for operators without public operating licences - had found support from both e-hailing providers and the metered taxi industry and was expected to help reduce violence.
"In the meantime, without the necessary regulations it is a challenging situation. For that reason, the stakeholders ... are in the process of establishing an all-inclusive forum." The formalisation will take place during the follow-up meeting on Friday. "While we believe that there definitely needs to be a way forward following these violent attacks, we believe that the interest of the passengers needs to be considered. We believe that alternative measures must be adopted that ensure that there are consequences for the recent violence and solutions that ensure safety for both passengers and ride-hailing drivers," said Malaba.
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