Taxi industry wants 'Standard 5 dropouts' not to be hired as taxi drivers

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Taxi industry wants 'Standard 5 dropouts' not to be hired as taxi drivers.

Sizwe Nkambule, a taxi owner affiliated to the South African National Taxi Council , said this would guide the industry into making it more respectable.

“There must be minimum entry requirement to be a taxi driver. We can’t be having boys who dropped out of school at Standard 5 behind the wheel. The more educated you are, the better you know how to deal with people,” Nkambule said. MEC for roads and transport Jacob Mamabolo added that the first step in achieving this was to introduce training and re-skilling of the participants in the industry. “We need training for leaders in this industry so that they embrace business management skills and eliminate the use of violence to resolve conflict,” Mamabolo said.

 

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Um.... SO DON'T HIRE THEM!? 😳🙄

What is stopping SA_Taxis from purchasing directly from Toyota instead of enriching the banks?

😁😁Matric it is then!

Yeeeeeh....

O Mageza raising the standards

Can they do security vettings of all drivers. Rapists in the industry make taxis an unsafe mode of transport for women.

Kuzobulawana phela manje 😏😏

😂😂😂raising standards...

With so many unemployed graduates, a bachelors degree will soon be the minimum.

Why set the standard so high?😂😂

How about not hiring people without drivers licences.

Its not they have to count the money we do that for them mos..

Then everyone is fired.

Taxi industry bosses must transform the industry by ensuring that their taxis are up to quality safety standard,tyres& seats are comfortable for commuters!!! Taxi drivers to empower with customers care skills!!! Taxi drivers to receive minimum wage& UIF benefits!! No overloading!

Ok this is unacceptable.

Hau for what manje 🤣🤣🤣🤣

So those so called drop out, how are they suppose to feed their families? Should they resort to crime why we always focus on things that don't make sense. make them to work within the law, that all, not to say they must not be allowed to work

My grade 2 child behaves much better than most of the taxi drivers that passed 'Standard 5' 😂😂😂

Byanong ba bereke kae ka Standard 5 sa bona

Good

Nooo!!! That's Pure discrimination,they can't do that,where did they expect them to work,as our economy is suffering that sector is catering lit of people irrespective of the qualifications, we can come up with the means of educating them about customer services as lagged behind

Re tlo bereka kae jwalo

Are they now not promoting inequalities even further? Why don’t they come up progressive programs that will teach them customer service and importance of safety, adherence to law and the impact to society? What assessments are there to be a driver other than having a License?

😔 stupid suggestion

Bathong

Ga se 'standard' kgante?

What is the minimum wage for a taxi driver ? Media not askingbthe right questions

Tsjoe! Such high standards! 🙄 🤣🤣🤣

It's about time the Taxi industry increased their standards😂😂😂

😂😂😂😂😂Hawu

😑

MbalulaFikile Do you have anything to do with this Sir? 😂😂😂

How does a grade higher guarantee a less vile driver who respects traffic regulations and passengers?

🤣🤣🤣 We had a president with grade 4. Isn't this a bit much. They should at least have a drivers license.

😂😂😂😂😂😂

😂stop playing

Hayibo!!

Do you need standard 5 or drivers licence to drive

😂 😂 Then prepare for more crime, how are people supposed to make a living now

Standard 5

What's solve for x got to do with driving?

Lol.. why not matric?

Standard 5 or Grade 7 was most difficult those years Apartheid Education and Training Department set those exams tough you passed High School was gonna be sail through

Minimum requirements should be grade 12, driver's license ,PDP.tertiary qualification would be advantageous

So Traffic Department will say yes and bona they say no..kanjani?

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣says a Std B.

Until a white driver who is without Standard 1 drives it with Experience whilst you'll be busy studying. Leave the people to make money and feed their families. Or you creating space for those with degrees because Thuma Mina was a lie

How will they verify? High school reports are Microsoft Word and a printer away

New dawn

Badakiwe.. Ashayelwa ngelipoti yini amatekisi manje.. Obani lapho abakhuluma lobo bulongwe?

We’ll duh

It took them this long to realise it? This country is becoming brainless each day. Other countries creating automated self driving cars, here we are talking about std 5 drop out taxi drivers

Abakhohlwe siyoshayela ngenkani lawomatekisi

Haibo... But how did they arrive the standard... 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Awu!!😲...Nkosi yam sobalekela kuphi manje 😦

Haibo 😂😂😂😂😂

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