"I want to state emphatically at the outset... The government guarantees no loss of legitimate jobs and profits among those who make the shift into the BRT systems," [Radebe] told delegates at the South African National Taxi Council's (Santaco) BRT Summit at Gallagher Estate in Midrand.
...The taxi industry was the "nucleus" of the BRT system.
...Earlier Santaco president Andrew Mthembu called for the government to halt the plan completely.
"We are appealing and pleading... for us to meaningfully engage with this [BRT], let this thing come to a halt completely," he said.
Source:
No job losses in taxi industry, says Radebe
Independent Online
April 20, 2009
