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ANA reports that the SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) on Tuesday said taxi fares for local and long distance operations would increase on Wednesday, with a further review due in June 2019.
Santaco spokesperson Thabisho Molelekwa said as from Wednesday the increase for local distance taxis would be between R1 and R10, while long distance taxi rides would cost between R1 and R20 more. “These increases may be more in some areas especially long distance operations. Not to mention the preceding years of business pressure, for the January 2017 to January 2018 period alone the petrol price has increased with 130 percent,” Molelekwa indicated. He added that Santaco regretted the impact of these increases on commuters, especially the poor, but without the fare hikes many taxi operators would struggle to stay in business and continue to offer a much-needed service.
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