Thousands of taxi operators affiliated to the United Taxi Associations Front (UTAF) are expected to march in the Johannesburg CBD on Monday, the association said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a march to the departments of transport and community safety to hand over a memorandum because the taxi industry is being sidelined by the City of Joburg on numerous occasions,\u201d UTAF secretary Vusi Mazibuko said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe transport 72% of the work-force and want to use a dedicated lane like the BRT buses.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said other issues included taxis being impounded on a daily basis by law enforcement agencies while taxi operators had pending permits.<\/p>\n
The taxi drivers also included the e-tolls in its memorandum, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur understanding is that taxis will be exempted but daily operators receive invoices or phone calls that say if they don’t pay they will go to court.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mazibuko said the march would be attended by 15 taxi associations in Gauteng and would include between 6,000 to 10,000 taxi drivers.<\/p>\n
E-tolls cost 25 cents for every R100 earned<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n