Lockdown level 3: Relief for taxi industry

Cape Town – Parliamentarians have heard that most of the taxi relief proposals for the taxi industry have been agreed to and adopted.

Briefing the MPs, Transport Department director-general Alec Moemi said the government has made a commitment to support the taxi industry and that there have been negotiations.Moemi also said the taxi industry would receive relief support as opposed to compensation for loss of income. Moemi also said they were also hoping to use the opportunity presented by Covid-19 to fast-track key issues to be discussed at the planned indaba.

These included formal registration as a business, a business bank account to pay the allowance, registration of the business and a taxi operating licence. Moemi also said they knew that a letter was sent to Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula to the effect that they declare a dispute.Mbalula stressed that the assistance to the taxi industry was a relief, not funding.

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