Taxi industry body Gibela Namela and citizen-led nonprofit company Jozi My Jozi (JMJ) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to implement a number of interventions aimed at strengthening Johannesburg’s minibus taxi industry.
This follows extensive discussions over the past 18 months and forms part of Project Unite, one of Jozi My Jozi’s Public Transit Revitalisation programmes.
The programme works with taxi associations to improve the systems that support public transport, from taxi rank safety and cleanliness to driver wellbeing and skills development.
The partnership is intended to create a more structured operating environment that benefits both the industry and the millions of people who rely on minibus taxis every day.
“The taxi industry is one of Johannesburg’s most important economic sectors. In the lead-up to the historic signing of this MoU, we have spent many months engaging with industry leadership because lasting solutions have to be developed with the people who operate the system every day.
