South Africa
Taxi industry to be subsidised─── 07:16 Sun, 01 Nov 2020
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula/Gallo
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said from April next year, government would implement a subsidy for the taxi industry.
Mbalula said his department would work with Treasury and the taxi sector.
The three-day national taxi lekgotla concluded on Saturday. Mbalula said the taxi industry was characterised as an informal sector and now government was looking at formalising it.
He said come next year April it’s going to be a 'new dawn' as the sector would be subsidised.
Transport director-general Alec Moemi said currently government provided direct and indirect subsidies, such as the public transport operators grant.
