Recommendations made by a commission of inquiry looking into taxi volence have been ignored, writes the author. (Jaco Marais/Gallo Images/ Die Burger)
The taxi industry's efforts have to be closely aligned with a heightened strategy from law enforcement to clean out all criminality to create a business service that is solely focused on the safe commuting of passengers, writes Motlhabane Abnar Tsebe.
The persistence of violence within the taxi industry is a direct demonstration of the rot of criminality in our beloved country and the seeming lack of appetite to rid the state of these ills.
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