The road to empowerment of the minibus-taxi industry is full of pitfalls : our experience and observations over many years

Oosthuizen, Sias; Mhlambi, M.

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dc.contributor.author	Oosthuizen, Sias
dc.contributor.author	Mhlambi, M.
dc.contributor.other	Southern African Transport Conference (21st : 2002 : Pretoria, South Africa)
dc.date	July 2002
dc.date.accessioned	2008-11-13T07:45:00Z
dc.date.available	2008-11-13T07:45:00Z
dc.date.issued	2002-07
dc.description	This paper was transferred from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material on the CD ROM was published using Adobe Acrobat technology. The original CD ROM was produced by Document Transformation Technologies Postal Address: PO Box 560 Irene 0062 South Africa. Tel.: +27 12 667 2074 Fax: +27 12 667 2766 E-mail: doctech@doctech.co.za URL: http://www.doctech.co.za	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Paper presented at the 21st Annual South African Transport Conference 15 - 18 July 2002 "Towards building capacity and accelerating delivery", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The taxi industry has over the years crept into the hearts of the South African community. Firstly, during the freedom struggle taxi operators risked being arrested when providing an alternative to the government-supported bus service. Secondly, the industry was seen as the sector that would bring fame as the first really successful black empowerment sector. One immediately asks why the minibus-taxi industry could not have progressed more successfully, since it controlled more than 65% of the market and was also popular with the community and government. However, the instability prevalent in the industry undermined its progress and success and prevented it from reaching the point of full formalisation and empowerment and becoming a reliable business partner.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Oosthuizen, S & Mhlambi, M 2002, 'The road to empowerment of the minibus-taxi industry is full of pitfalls: our experience and observations over many years', Paper presented to the 21st Annual South African Transport Conference, South Africa, 15 - 18 July.	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	0620288558
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/7882
dc.language	eng
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	SATC	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	SATC 2002
dc.rights	University of Pretoria	en_US
dc.subject	Minibus taxi industry	en
dc.subject	Bus service	en
dc.subject	Black empowerment sector	en
dc.subject	Empowerment	en
dc.subject	Instability	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Transportation -- South Africa -- Congresses	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Taxicabs -- South Africa -- Problems, exercises, etc.	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Taxicabs -- Economic aspects -- South Africa -- Congresses	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Taxicabs -- Social aspects -- South Africa -- Congresses	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Minibuses -- South Africa -- Congresses	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Minibus lines -- South Africa -- Congresses	en
dc.title	The road to empowerment of the minibus-taxi industry is full of pitfalls : our experience and observations over many years	en_US
dc.type	Presentation	en_US