COJ considers handing over taxi ranks to operators and sheltering their-families

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Joburg Transport MMC Kenny Kunene said the deal will clean the image of the taxi industry which is often involved in turf wars and violence.

JOHANNESBURG - The City of Joburg is mulling a deal to hand over taxi ranks to industry leaders following calls by taxi bosses.

So revealed Joburg Transport MMC Kenny Kunene on Wednesday, during the signing of a protocol document between the taxi industry and the city in a bid to formalise the industry.

Kunene was joined by leaders from regional taxi associations in Braamfontein to sign a protocol document amid consultations between the industry and the city.

The agreement between the city and taxi associations - South African National Taxi Council and the National Taxi Alliance - is set to see greater co-operation in an industry often marred by violence and turf wars.

Kunene says the transport dpt in the city is mulling 2 proposals, including the handover of some taxi ranks for taxi bosses to manage and the lease of abandoned buildings for drivers and their families. This would also generate revenue for the city

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CoJ considers handing over taxi ranks to operators & sheltering their families

Joburg Transport MMC Kenny Kunene said the deal will clean the image of the taxi industry which is often involved in turf wars and violence.
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D said:
Now they will know for sure where to find their enemies, day and night.
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I must have missed the news but one thing I have noted is that they are really not in the business of killing each other's families, they hunt each other down and kill each other, I don't ever recall a taxi industry story where the whole family was wiped out because of the beef caused by the husband or father.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Saw that part last night and went wtf.. Why does the city need to get involved in that.
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I am sure most taxi drivers and the families already benefit from indigent measures put in place by government due to the fact that they don't make much money, they will qualify for RDP housing and other things, they don't need a special intervention, it just build unnecessary entitlement that is going to be a problem to manage.
 
and the lease of abandoned buildings for drivers and their families. This would also generate revenue for the city.
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I suggest they wake-up from their fever dream. This will generate more untaxed revenue for the taxi bosses while some COJ official gets their cut of the pie for letting the taxi mafia do as they please.

I also see this making things worse as they - taxi thugs - fight over another revenue stream.
 
TheChamp said:
I am sure most taxi drivers and the families already benefit from indigent measures put in place by government due to the fact that they don't make much money, they will qualify for RDP housing and other things, they don't need a special intervention, it just build unnecessary entitlement that is going to be a problem to manage.
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That is my concern as well, it also ties the taxi industry and the ANC even closer together.... Tinfoil hat time :p but its almost as if this is a way to give the ANC/EFF some sway over an entity that can make things problematic in the future if they lose power.
 
TheChamp said:
But I thought privatisation is good?
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Privatisation is good without a doubt, and the taxi industry as a private "enterprise" would be fine if it was properly regulated, formalised and didn't have the violence tied so intrinsically into its DNA
 
CoJ councillors own taxis maybe? My SA nose tells me there must be kickbacks, vested interests and something corrupt going on particularly with one K Kunene involved.
 
FantaFest said:
Aren't the taxi bosses like millionaires
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It's not the bosses they are talking about, it's the drivers. I do totally understand that they are not paid well but they should be part of government social interventions in their own communities, they can't get preferential treatment for housing in the CBD when there are millions of people in the queue.

Plus having a taxi driver settlement is just as bad an idea as having a Zulu hostel or a Nigerian settlement, people should live in mixed communities and coexist.
 
TheChamp said:
It's not the bosses they are talking about, it's the drivers. I do totally understand that they are not paid well but they should be part of government social interventions in their own communities, they can't get preferential treatment for housing in the CBD when there are millions of people in the queue.

Plus having a taxi driver settlement is just as bad an idea as having a Zulu hostel or a Nigerian settlement, people should live in mixed communities and coexist.
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Agree with you. This is just asking for trouble.
 
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