http://www.laurencecaromba.com/2009/06/10/taxi-drivers/ Politics, culture and foreign affairs Sun, 31 Jul 2011 08:09:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.laurencecaromba.com/2009/06/10/taxi-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-45 AQUILOGY Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:00:03 +0000 http://www.laurencecaromba.com/?p=930#comment-45 Taxi drivers were allowed to abide by their own set of rules for a long time, it's no wonder they act like they own the street. Taxi drivers were allowed to abide by their own set of rules for a long time, it’s no wonder they act like they own the street.

]]> http://www.laurencecaromba.com/2009/06/10/taxi-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Hard Rain Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:48:07 +0000 http://www.laurencecaromba.com/?p=930#comment-40 I think South Africa will have to eventually capitalize a proper public transport network, it can't hang in the 1st world-3rd world void forever. So either the rackets will have to be forcibly put down or, probably more amicably, be included as major stakeholders of a mass transit venture- much like the unions of East Coast America. It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't choice but I think the safety of the public transport-using populace is more pertinent than government or private stakeholders having the largest slice of pie. I think South Africa will have to eventually capitalize a proper public transport network, it can’t hang in the 1st world-3rd world void forever. So either the rackets will have to be forcibly put down or, probably more amicably, be included as major stakeholders of a mass transit venture- much like the unions of East Coast America. It’s a damned if you do, damned if you don’t choice but I think the safety of the public transport-using populace is more pertinent than government or private stakeholders having the largest slice of pie.

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