A leaked audio recording has exposed the City of Cape Town’s aggressive taxi impoundment targets, igniting a spark between City officials and taxi associations.
More than 1 300 vehicles were impounded for operating without operating licences or for using routes not specified on their OL in July. Picture: Henk Kruger/ANA Cape Town -
In the recording, Roberts discusses performance targets, saying various entities monitor statistics regarding taxi impoundments every day. He reviews the statistics for each department concerning the number of vehicles they have impounded, and targets. Chairperson Mandla Hermanus said: “They want to take as much money out of the industry before these OLs are granted. This is a money-making scheme. This is confirmed by a recording that is circulating, of a senior traffic official chastising junior officials who are not meeting their impoundment targets.
“As Cata leadership, we are busy looking at all solutions and avenues to help us in this predicament that we are facing as a taxi industry,” he said,
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