Santaco slams 'distorted' Umgababa transport letter

Santaco slams 'distorted' Umgababa transport letter

Taxi association Santaco in KZN says a deliberate distortion of a letter by the Umgababa taxi association has resulted in widespread fear and panic among locals. 

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Steve Bhengu

This follows a widely circulated notice urging unregistered scholar transporters to stop operating. 


Santaco's Sifiso Shangase says this then was deliberately changed by some to make it appear as if the letter was also warning parents and guardians against transporting their own children to school. 


Shangase says as a taxi association their mandate, working with government, has now included ensuring only registered scholar transportation and meter taxis are on the roads.


"Since this is still new, we are trying now to formalise with government these two modes of transport. 


"What is happening regarding the issue of independent transporters, we are intending to have a scholar transport which is provided with operating licences so that there are individuals who are legit within an association and they are able to be controlled. 


"You cant have a business which could be run willy-nilly there should be rules are regulations.“ 

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