Parliamentary Committee Calls On Taxi Bosses To Avoid Long Distance Trips During Lockdown

Parliament’s oversight committee on transport has slammed the Western Cape taxi operators for continuing to ferry passengers around despite government’s lockdown regulations to stay at home.  

This comes after dozens of minibus taxis from Cape Town were caught in the Karoo town of Aberdeen even after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a two-week extension to the lockdown.

Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Transport Mosebenzi Zwane urged the taxi leadership in the Western Cape to work with the government in enforcing COVID-19 directives and stop travelling long distances during the lockdown period.

“The committee wishes to reiterate government’s call that people should stay at home. The need to travel around this time as is custom every Easter weekend is understandable, but not possible at this time. The priority for all sectors should be to flatten the curve of infections,” said Zwane.
 
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