On Monday, about 45,000 taxi operators, who are members of the SA National Taxi Council, held a one-day strike
The National Taxi Association , the country's second-largest taxi association, said it is speaking to financial institutions to allow taxi operators to pay less in their instalments over three months, as the industry continues to suffer the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has said he has engaged taxi financier SA Taxi Finance to put a moratorium in place on vehicle repossessions and also extend their initial one-month repayment holiday by a further two-months. On Monday, about 45,000 taxi operators, who are members of the SA National Taxi Council , abandoned their vehicles and embarked on a one-day strike, intimidated fellow motorists and blocked highways, leaving commuters and workers across Gauteng stranded, to protest the conditions attached to the R1.14bn Covid-19 relief fund for the taxi industry.
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