This follows reports this week that 76 taxi associations were planning to hike their fares in an effort to recover losses incurred during the national lockdown.
reported that the Alexandra Taxi Association and Alexandra-Randburg-Midrand-Sandton Taxi Association raised their fares across the board to R30 - a 170% increase in some cases.
"They want to have further discussion among themselves. The great relief is that there will not be a taxi fare increase next week," said the MEC. He said taxi associations would consult and report back with a proposal."Let’s give them a chance. They will come to the table. I don’t know how long they will take."
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