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News24 reports that Gauteng's Department of Transport has launched a new mobile application that will monitor and prevent the spread of Covid-19 in taxis and at taxi ranks.
The mobile app known as Cmore App will not be accessed by passengers but by taxi rank marshals and mangers. Transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo launched the app at the Bosman taxi rank in Pretoria on Tuesday. He also said that rank marshals and managers would be paid a monthly stipend of R3,500 and R5,000, respectively. "They are not our employees and are also doing work at taxi ranks. We felt that as a start, we must start here and see how it goes. The application gives us an opportunity to formalise ranks and to implement best practices … This marks the beginning of taxi rank management. This application marks the beginning of an important chapter of formalising the taxi industry,” Mamabolo noted. The app will help the government monitor the number of passengers accessing taxis, the number of taxis disinfected, taxi drivers sanitising passengers' hands, the wearing of masks by all and the cleaning of ranks. Taxi marshals and rank managers will be responsible for updating the data, which will be sent to the CSIR for monitoring together with the department. The National Taxi Alliance (NTA) welcomed the app and said it was elated the government would ensure passengers were taken care of.
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