Tertius Mohlala is a well known taxi operator from Limpopo who always speaks out his mind whether people around him listens or not.
He says the minibus taxi sector should change its approach on how it should engage with government if their demands for a violent free environment and other conditions that would make it easy for the industry to operate in a friendly environment are to be met.
For this reason, Mohlala, who is a member of the Polokwane Local and Long-Distance Taxi Association (POLLDTA), believes that the sector cries for leadership in his home province of Limpopo.
“Some people in the taxi business are so interested in seeing themselves receiving all the praise instead of working towards empowering each other to reach greater heights,” Mohlala says.
For him, taxi workshops and gatherings are nothing more than just a mere talk that yields nothing for an ordinary taxi owner.
“There is no vision today in the taxi industry. There is no way forward or backward,” he says.
“What also made me not to stand for a position in taxi structures is because people are failing to resolve issues of taxi conflicts within our region. I could not stand for that because I am always with the truth,” he says.
He has urged all taxi operators to arm themselves with new ideas and be open for change, adding that there needs to be a shift on how taxi people run their businesses.
