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I-SANTACO kanye ne-Gauteng National Taxi Alliance zinike uNdunankulu uPanyaza Lesufi izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ukuba axazulule ingxabano yazo neLungu loMkhandlu (MEC)kwezokuthutha, uKedibone Diale-Tlabela.
Lo mkhakha uthi oyilungu lomkhandlu weqe ubuholi bawo obukhethiwe ngokuhlangana ngqo nezinhlangano zamatekisi ngazinye, okwephula inqubo ebisetshenziswa isikhathi eside.
Umkhakha wamatekisi eGauteng uxwayise ngokuthi ungase uyeke ukusebenza esifundazweni sonke uma uNdunankulu uPanyaza Lesufi engangeneleli engxabanweni yawo noyilungu lomkhandlu kwezemigwaqo nezokuthutha, uKedibone Diale-Tlabela, zingakapheli izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.
I-SANTACO Gauteng kanye ne-Gauteng National Taxi Alliance zithi ubudlelwano bazo bokusebenza bubonakala buphukile ngendlela engenakulungiseka.
Isikhalazo sazo asimayelana nemali noma izimali ezikhokhwayo, kodwa simayelana nenqubo.
Isikhulumeli se-SANTACO Gauteng, uGraham Fritz, sithe ubudlelwano ne-MEC bebuqhubeka kahle kuze kube yilapho iqala ukuxhumana ngqo nezinhlangano zamatekisi ngazinye ngaphandle kokudlula kuqala ezinhlakeni zobuholi bomkhakha ezikhethiwe zesifundazwe nezesifunda.
“Asinankinga ngokuthi i-MEC iye ezinhlanganweni. Inkinga yethu wukuthi ayihambi nabaholi balezo zinhlaka,” kusho uFritz.
Uthe lo mkhakha ucele kaningi i-MEC ukuba ifake ubuholi bawo emihlanganweni enjalo, nokuthi ukuxhumana kwaphela ngemuva kokungazinakwa kwalezo zicelo.
Lo mkhakha uthi izincwadi ezicela imihlangano ne-MEC ngomhlaka-29 kuNhlangulana, kanye noNdunankulu uLesufi ngomhlaka-10 kuNtulikazi, aziphendulwanga.
“Uma izikhalo nezicelo zethu zinganakwa, ngeke sibe nenye indlela ngaphandle kokuhlela umbhikisha ukuze siyokwethula incwadi yezikhalazo zethu kuNdunankulu waseGauteng zingakapheli izinsuku eziyisikhombisa,” kusho lezi zinhlangano esitatimendeni esihlanganyelwe.
I-MEC uDiale-Tlabela iyaphika ukuthi ubudlelwano buphukile.
“Ngiyatholakala futhi ngifuna ukuhlangana nabo, kodwa akumele bangivimbele ekwenzeni umsebenzi kahulumeni,” kusho yena, evikela indlela umnyango wakhe osebenzisana ngayo nalo mkhakha.
Umkhakha wamatekisi uthi uthutha ngaphezu kuka-60% wabasebenzi baseGauteng nsuku zonke. Ukuvalwa kwezimoto esifundazweni sonke kuzophazamisa inani elikhulu labagibeli futhi kuphazamise umnotho wesifundazwe.
Lokhu akuyona impikiswano yokuqala ebalulekile phakathi kwemboni nomnyango weDiale-Tlabela; isiteleka sezinsuku ezimbili savala izingxenye zaseKurhuleni ngonyaka odlule ngenxa yamatekisi abanjiwe, kanti ukuvalwa kwerenki kwasongelwa ngo-2025 kulandela udlame oluhlobene namatekisi olubulalayo eSoweto.
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