Gauteng transport department
Here's what e-hailing drivers are actually demanding
Marchers are calling for government to regulate the sector and ensure app companies such as Uber, Bolt, inDriver and DiDi drop their commission and increase...
Earlier this month, disgruntled driving school operators shut down testing centres in Tshwane over the online e-Natis booking system. They said that they were worried that it didn’t work for the public.
The committee’s Gregory Schneemann said that he was pleased with what he said appeared to be efficient and innovative plans to address the demand for renewals.
The app will only be available from next week, but the department said this was part of their campaign called 'request a slot' to deal more vigorously with the backlog in bookings.
While the current COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the driving licence renewals backlog, it has also laid bare the rampant corruption at the facilities over the years.
The online registration process for drivers' license renewals left many motorists frustrated with some slamming the system as a failure.
Peter Dhlamini, who is the director in the department, testified at the commission on Wednesday.
Peter Dhlamini is on the stand at the commission in Parktown investigating taxi violence.
The closures will come into effect on Friday after the decision is published in the Government Gazette and the routes will be closed for six months.
Gauteng Transport MEC Ismail Vadi has announced that the routes in question will be closed if a resolution is not reached.
Transport MEC Ismael Vadi says the plant will benefit nearby communities, particularly young people in skills development.
The Gauteng Transport Department took the decision late on Wednesday, following a deadly gunfight in Brakpan, in which four people were killed.
The department had closed these for a month and was ready to close extend the closure further three months on Monday if taxi associations Wata and Nanduwe didn’t agree to a peace deal.
The Nancefield Dube West Taxi Association & Witwatersrand Taxi Association have been at loggerheads for over six months, resulting in the murder of 20 members.
Three people have already been arrested after a shootout between rival taxi associations on Tuesday.
The South African National Taxi Council says the Gauteng Transport Department is still not efficient in issuing permits to taxi drivers.
The trains are expected to be purchased over the next two to three years.
This is the first signed agreement between the local government and the taxi industry.
Drivers say officials are side-lining them by going ahead with registering & licencing of Uber drivers.