The SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) confirmed on Sunday that its plans to shut down operations in Gauteng will go ahead as it presses the government to review the industry’s financial relief.
Johannesburg – The SA National Taxi Council confirmed on Sunday that its plans to shut down operations in Gauteng on Monday will go ahead as it presses the government to review the industry’s financial relief.
Santaco spokesperson Midday Mali said on Sunday that the strike would be a peaceful one and that there would be no disruption of alternative transport that commuters may opt for. “The problem is that we are supposed to share this money with the e-hailing and metered taxis and when you calculations this it comes down to less than R3 000 in relief,” he said.
Mbalula said if they offered taxis R20 000 it would push the figure to about R10 billion and the government could not afford this. “Others are saying R20 000 per taxi, it is not possible because if you calculate that it is R10bn. The government does not have that R10bn.”
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