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Taxi associations are working together to find ways of creating safer spaces for communities, especially women. He was delivering the first Johannesburg mayoral lecture at the Soweto Theater. The lecture brought together stakeholders to discuss the future of
to be that you had police escorts in all circumstances or just in relation to business that involved taxi associations? Yeah, in taxi matters. For protection. It's not just meetings with other taxi associations or other taxi industry players outside of your
against his life. And one particularly, he named one of the associates who was linked to former taxi boss Mswazi. Know that it was marred by a lot of Izankabis that could be bought, you know, and paid by certain taxi associations. So, this is a man who said
on the side of the road that is selling tomatoes. We've actually been having conversations with the taxi association in Zara, where the drivers themselves and the taxi owners actually are excited to come and paint this mural with us. Doctors from the hospital,
Roman, I want to comment regarding this fuel hype. So please, those taxis or taxi owners or taxi association, they must leave us to have a lift club to work because we can't afford this petrol and then to go to taxi rank, you know, to use a public transport.
The commission also heard that the company invoiced a taxi association about 145,000 rand a month for security services. Sevagnoli further defended a 1 million rand payment from Gubi's 85 towards a vehicle. He argues that the payment should be viewed in the
by a faceless assailant. And we are calling on all the community of Mamilud, the stakeholders, taxi owners, taxi operators, taxi associations, to please come join us in seeking the murderer of these two young boys. The Zimbabwean President Emerson Mangagwa
How would Putco burning its own buses be linked to an industry dispute with the Taxi Association? Would there be any link between are those two completely separate theories or are they a linked theory? Yeah, all I'm saying I cannot take it further than that
I'm assuming our security personnel and other players within the taxi association from which he represents. And then we're going to be talking to Sandy Lim Kwanaze, who is the head of community relations for Frogfoot. We're finding out, you know, around
collective participation in industry matters. I participated in this association in my capacity as a taxi operator and industry representative. My participation was at all times voluntarily transparent and entirely consistent with the stated purposes of the
For SAFM News, I am Onde Lambana and a very good afternoon. Bumalanga Taxi boss Joe Simanyoni has denied any involvement in an incident that resulted in more than 50 Putco buses being burned. Simanyoni has rejected suggestions that he or his association were
that the communications point to an alleged organized extortion scheme involving Sindani, Bumalanga taxi bus Joe Sibagnone, and their associates. And that is Batley Mortar with that report. Brings the time now to 17 minutes past five o'clock. First take SA on
From the phone of taxi industry figure Bafana Sindane, who is absent from the Commission today. Affidavits and WhatsApp messages presented to the Commission suggest demands for monthly payments, threats to halt projects, and discussions about sharing proceeds
By Santaco's business wing, Taxi Choice. Okay. Now, were you at the time an office bearer of Santaco? Yes, Taxi Choice. Taxi Choice. So this was an offer from an entity with which you were associated to purchase a stake in or the whole of the Putco business as
of an alleged associate of former Major General Furoz Khan on the R-21 in Ekurhuleni. The National Taxi Alliance says it will meet with relevant government officials today to seek relief following the announcement of the latest fuel price increases, and the
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Or in 2025, that Taxi Choice wanted to buy the bus company, saying that possibility was never raised in the meeting. I also made calls on lunchtimes. I should put to you what Putco says. Putco says there was no suggestion whatsoever in 2023, 2024, 2025 that
Taxi associations are working together to find ways of creating safer spaces for communities, especially women. He was delivering the first Johannesburg mayoral lecture at the Soweto Theater. The lecture brought together stakeholders to discuss the future of
collective participation in industry matters. I participated in this association in my capacity as a taxi operator and industry representative. My participation was at all times voluntarily transparent and entirely consistent with the stated purposes of the
Roman, I want to comment regarding this fuel hype. So please, those taxis or taxi owners or taxi association, they must leave us to have a lift club to work because we can't afford this petrol and then to go to taxi rank, you know, to use a public transport.
From the phone of taxi industry figure Bafana Sindane, who is absent from the Commission today. Affidavits and WhatsApp messages presented to the Commission suggest demands for monthly payments, threats to halt projects, and discussions about sharing proceeds
Association, Gavin Kelly. Thanks for your time on the programme. Well, the South African National Taxi Council has also been consulting over this issue and it's planning to table the matter before its National Executive Committee today for further
By Santaco's business wing, Taxi Choice. Okay. Now, were you at the time an office bearer of Santaco? Yes, Taxi Choice. Taxi Choice. So this was an offer from an entity with which you were associated to purchase a stake in or the whole of the Putco business as
So, for instance, if the prices or the costs that they have to incur in the new year have increased, then amongst the things that we'll consider for an increase is exactly that. The issue of fares, because remember, a taxi business has got an employee in the
talking all things fuel in the next half hour. We're having a chat with Santako about the issue of taxi fares, whether those are going to go up or not, and what they plan to do about the wider problem of fuel increases. And then a little bit later on, we'll
Pick up on the issue of the taxi industry and people in that space, and they believe that it's very difficult for them to maintain profitability in an industry gripped with rising fuel costs, vehicle finance, maintenance issues, and other operating costs. And
against his life. And one particularly, he named one of the associates who was linked to former taxi boss Mswazi. Know that it was marred by a lot of Izankabis that could be bought, you know, and paid by certain taxi associations. So, this is a man who said
on the side of the road that is selling tomatoes. We've actually been having conversations with the taxi association in Zara, where the drivers themselves and the taxi owners actually are excited to come and paint this mural with us. Doctors from the hospital,
Country, criticizing government. This is the problem: our failure to integrate the taxi industry into our transport plans going forward. I mean, whenever I look at what's going on, even in urban centers where there is improved improvement in terms of
The wider taxi industry, the fuel sector, and government. What are you hoping to achieve with that? So it's not so much a roundtable. We're going to have it in segmentations. For instance, the engagement we're having today is with the National Executive
The commission also heard that the company invoiced a taxi association about 145,000 rand a month for security services. Sevagnoli further defended a 1 million rand payment from Gubi's 85 towards a vehicle. He argues that the payment should be viewed in the
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