| dc.description.abstract | The Taxi Recapitalisation Programme (TRP), is the South African government's
programme to regulate the Taxi industry in terms of the National Land Transport
Transition Act (NL TT A), with the objectives to provide safe and affordable transport to
the population already utilizing taxi transport, to introduce cost-effective fuel , to develop
downstream manufacturing and job creation, to introduce start cards to the industry, as
well as addressing challenges facing people with disability who use minibus taxis.
The purpose of the study was therefore to analyze the implementation of the Taxi
Recapitalisation Programme using Mafikeng area as a case study. The fundamental
question that the study attempted to answer was whether any progress was made in the
implementation of the programme in the area since the official announcement of the
implementation data in 2005, by the National Minister of Transport. The study focused
on whether local taxi owners participated in all stages of the recapitalization programme,
whether the programme is realistic and implementable, whether the provincial sector
department has the capacity to implement the programme.
The pnmary instrument for data collection in this study was self-administered
questionnaires. The findings of the study revealed that there is too much backlog on
crushing old vehicles and subsequently paying out owners R50 000.00 scrapping
allowances, developing Municipal Transport Plans, as well as building new taxi facilities,
such as taxi ranks within the Mafikeng Local Municipality.
The researcher recommends that the three parties concerned, namely, North West
Department of Transport, Roads and Community Safety, eight Taxi Associations under
the umbrella of Central District Taxi Council and Mafikeng Local Municipality need to
work together to overcome these challenges in order to ensure successful implementation
of the Taxi Recapitalisation Programme in the area of Mafikeng. | en_US |
