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Operation Vulindlela
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 Safety Liaison and Transport

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 MEDIA STATEMENT
 08 MARCH 2000

OPERATION VULINDLELA

The MEC for Provincial Safety, Liaison and Transport hereby wishes to report that Operation Vulindlela is progressing satisfactorily and is 
not going to be stopped as allegedly called for, by the Eastern Cape Taxi Council in an article of the Daily Dispatch of 6th March 2000.

Our office is very happy with the manner the Operation has been handled by the TLC of East London. The statement of the Taxi Council is 
unfortunate, as it may cause confusion which, we hope is not what it was intended to do. The process of registration must not be disturbed. 
It has so far, until this irresponsible statement, had enjoyed good support from the ordinary members of the taxi industry.

Operation Vulindlela is meant to normalise the taxi industry, ensure that associations and operators operate with legal permits and that 
the vehicles are registered in a proper manner. As way back as October 19, 1999, it was publicly stated that taxis operating without proper 
or legal permits will be impounded as from 1st of December 1999.

A promulgation was made by the Provincial Government, to allow the city council to impound taxis that operate without permits and force 
taxis to operate according to official routes and ranks. The promulgation is in line with the regulatory frame-work the taxi council has 
been saying it needs to normalise the industry.

Operation Vulindlela was implemented with the involvement and close co-operation of the Eastern Cape Taxi Council. The three tiers of 
government were all involved in the discussions with the Taxi Council and the parties involved found the TLC to be the suitable government 
structure to handle the implementation of Operation Vulindlela.

The statement by Mr Sotyelelwa an executive member of the East Cape Taxi Council, was responsible and moving in the spirit of the 
leadership of the taxi industry as we understood it, when we discussed and agreed to launch Operation Vulindlela as pilot project in the 
East London area.

The implementation of Vulindlela is so far a success and nobody must be allowed to derail the progress achieved so far. Operation 
Vulindlela is, as far as we are concerned, being handled at the proper level of government and is going to remain where it is.

We call on the members of the taxi industry to continue with the good co-operation they have shown so far and register their vehicles. We 
have had enough delays. The time has now come to push forward and leave behind those who are anti-progress.

This industry is going to be run properly like other businesses. The registration process can not be stopped instead it must escalate.

This operation Vulindlela is a pilot project and has to extend to cover the whole Province very soon. All Taxis and owners have to be 
registered and that has to be done within the law.

We will not allow anarchy and lawlessness to prevail. Our people, the passengers in taxis ordinary civilians are tired of violence in the 
taxi industry. Nobody will be allowed to cause the process of Registration to be derailed.

D. NEER

MEC  PROVINCIAL SAFETY, LIAISON AND TRANSPORT

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