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South Africa: Government Calls On Santaco to Reconsider Decision
SAnews.gov.za, 29 June 2020
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has called on the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) leadership to reconsider their decision to incite lawlessness, and place their… Read more »
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South Africa: Taxi Industry Urged to Reconsider Breaking Lockdown Laws
News24Wire, 29 June 2020
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says it is unfortunate and regrettable that taxi operators have decided to violate Covid-19 lockdown regulations, after they announced that they… Read more »
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South Africa: Taxi Operators Say They Will Be Fully Loaded Again From Monday
News24Wire, 28 June 2020
The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) and the National Taxi Alliance (NTA) say government is not taking the industry seriously and that they have decided to take the… Read more »
Taxi Bodies Urged to Rethink Breaking South African Lockdown Laws
The South African National Taxi Council and the National Taxi Alliance have said that government is not taking the industry seriously and that they have decided to take the "the bull by its horns" and return to loading passengers at 100% capacity. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said in response: "We condemn in the strongest possible terms any call encouraging taxi operators to violate provisions of the law and promote lawlessness."
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Some four months after the first COVID-19 case in Africa was reported in Egypt, countries on the continent are beginning to ease public health and social measures imposed to curb ... Read more »
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South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has tabled an emergency COVID-19 Budget, officially the country's first Special Adjustment Budget. The Daily Maverick's Marianne Merten ... Read more »
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The results of a seven-year tuberculosis study, focusing on the Western Cape in South Africa and Zambia, have been released. Read more »
