Taxi operators have alleged bribery and the mismanagement of funds connected to the Department of Transport and Public Works’ (DTPW) Red and Blue Dot taxi initiatives.
Bakker said given that the project was being piloted with a limited budget, it was only possible to include up to 1 300 vehicles.
Paarl Taxi Association vice-chairperson Muneeb Abrahams said the tender must be investigated on how other candidates were successfully awarded, stating that none of them were aware of the project until they noticed that it had already been awarded. In a letter seen by the Cape Argus, DTPW transport operations chief director Deidré Ribbonaar, said the department could not in terms of the contract dictate how the service provider’s internal operations were conducted, and cannot require rotation of vehicles.
“As such, the department will forward these concerns to the service provider, Umanyano Travel Services , and will enter into deliberations with UTS on the matter,” said Ribbonaar. Good party secretary-general Brett Herron said he has been concerned about the structure of those programmes.
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