National Taxi Alliance pleads with govt to help ease economic blow

The National Taxi Alliance (NTA) is pleading with the government to help ease the economic blow for commuters and taxi owners in the wake of a series of sharp price hikes.

The call by the NTA comes after the taxi industry plans to increase fares by between 25% and 30% because of the rising fuel costs.

The latest fuel hike tipped the cost of petrol to over R25 per litre.

NTA spokesperson Theo Malele said the alliance has written to the Minerals and Energy Department to ease fuel levies.

“It’s not fair that we have to do this but as a business, we have to survive and therefore this is just unavoidable the prices will go between 25% and 30%. And it is the material conditions on the ground that will actually inform the associations on the ground as to what part of this margin they should embark on”.

-EWN

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