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A Musina Taxi Association loading spot along the N1 in Musina. 

Issuing permits is not a one-day process

 

“Anyone who would like to find out about the processing of taxi-operating permits should visit the Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety,” said Joel Seabi, spokesperson for the MEC for Transport.

Seabi was responding to an illegal taxi operator’s claim that the department took too much time processing operating permits. The operator, going by the name of Joel, operates an illegal taxi on the N1 between Musina and Beit Bridge. He says he has been waiting for a permit since 2006. Last month, the Musina Taxi Association (MTA) blocked the N1 between Musina and the Beit Bridge Border Post in protest against illegal taxi operators.

“Issuing an operating permit is not a one-day process. The quicker one is compliant with the requirements stipulated by the department for operating on the said route, the faster the permit is processed,” said Seabi, adding that he could not comment on the specific claims as he had not done investigations into the particular case.

As part of the MTA’s protest last month, they called on the authorities to clamp down on illegal operators on this route. At the time, a member of the MTA, Mr Jealous Munyai, said that this illegal operation had been going on for some time now and the authorities needed to stop these operators. “The intervention by law enforcement and the SAPS has been long overdue. We are tired of minibus taxis and cars operating between the Musina and the Beit Bridge border without permits,” said Munyai. Law Enforcement and the SAPS intervened and promised to work round the clock to stop illegal taxis operating on the said route.

Last week, Limpopo Mirror visited Musina Mall again from where some of the illegal taxis operated. No sign of any of these operators, including those using their private cars, could be seen.

 

 

Date:20 October 2019

By: Bernard Chiguvare

Bernard Chiguvare is a Zimbabwean-born journalist. He writes mainly for the online publication, Groundup.

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