The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) has adopted a ”wait-and-see” approach towards the taxi-recapitalisation programme pending the outcome of ongoing talks with the government. ”Once that is done we will be going back to management to decide on how to move forward,” said Santaco on Wednesday.
The taxi industry on Wednesday placed ”on hold” its participation in the government’s programme to replace old, unsafe taxis with safer vehicles. The South African National Taxi Council said it would not continue with the multibillion-rand taxi-recapitalisation programme as long as its concerns were not addressed.
The South African National Taxi Council launched a ”taxi pledge” on Monday. The spotlight has been on taxi violence recently after a 25-year-old woman was stripped and assaulted by taxi drivers at Johannesburg’s Noord Street taxi rank because she was wearing a miniskirt.