26 May 2006
Pretoria: Transport Minister Jeff Radebe and provincial Transport MECs
(Transport MINMEC) met in Cape Town on Wednesday.
MINMEC expressed its satisfaction with the progress made in implementing the
Taxi Recapitalisation Programme. It was noted that 80 percent of the taxi
operators have already applied for the conversion of permits to operating
licences ahead of the 31st May 2006 deadline. MINMEC re-emphasised that there
will be no extension of the deadline for the conversion.
However, taxi operators who did not apply due to no fault of their own are
encouraged to apply and must provide motivation why their applications should
be considered. It was also agreed that the announcement of the Scrapping
Administration Agency should be made next week.
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Issued by: Ministry of Transport
26 May 2006
