Taxi strike: No immediate agreement

Update

GEORGE NEWS - Following a call to strike by the taxi industry of George on Monday afternoon, 13 August, a full two days of intense negotiations have been held around several matters relating to public transport services and the taxi industry in George.

The cordial discussions dealt with historical matters that have been ongoing for a number of years and due to the complexity of certain of the matters no immediate agreements could be reached.

To this end, a decision has been taken to establish a joint committee consisting of members of the George Municipal Council and the Taxi Industry within the next 7 days to deal with those outstanding matters.

The Provincial and National Governments will be approached to assist with solutions to those issues which fall within their mandate.

The Municipal Manager, Trevor Botha confirmed that the Chairperson of the Section 79 GIPTN Committee, Alderman Basil Petrus had noted that such a committee should have been established a long time ago as the longstanding issues would have been able to be addressed sooner.

The stakeholders present in the discussions have requested the taxi industry to urgently review the present status of the taxi services to ensure a full resumption of all public transport services within George as soon as possible.

Read more in tomorrow's George Herald, and online.

Information supplied by George Municipality.

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