ONLY taxis displaying new route-based permits will be allowed to operate in Soshanguve and its surrounding areas, north of Pretoria, from next week, SABC radio news reported on Thursday. This follows an agreement between two Soshanguve taxi associations and transport officials to stabilise the taxi industry. The agreement applies to Mabopane, Ga-Rankuwa, Hammanskraal and Soshanguve. The decision is in line with recommendations by taxi violence mediator Dumisa Ntsebeza and the national taxi task team to replace the former radius-based permits with a route-based permit system.