STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

Minibus Taxi Vehicles Scrapped

Given that we are living in a data driven world the TRSA recognises the importance of statistics relevant to its business work environment and as a critical asset to:

– measure its performance
– lends support to more efficient planning
– aid in decision-making
– promote market research

Minibus Taxi Vehicles Scrapped Under TRP (October 2006 - September 2018)

The initial Taxi Recapitalisation Programme that began in September 2006, successfully scrapped a total of 72 653 old minibus taxi vehicles as at the end of September 2018, from an estimated 135,894 unroadworthy minibus taxi vehicles estimated to be operating on public roads at the time.

Minibus Taxi Vehicles Scrapped Under RTRP (March 2019 - to date)

The Revised Taxi Recapitalisation Programme that commenced in March 2019 continued with the scrapping of unroadworthy old minibus taxi vehicles and has scrapped a total of 4 081 old minibus taxi vehicles to date.

Utilisation of RTRP Annual Scrapping Budget (Mar 2019 - Mar 2020)

For the year March 2019 to March 2020, the TRSA utilized 55,44% of its RTRP Annual Scrapping budget. The underspend can be attributed to a myriad of factors constraining the numbers of vehicles surrendered. Some of these factors are the lack of enforcement in respect of the project; the number of minibus taxis operating illegally, the provincial backlogs in issuing operating licenses; lack of unity and continuing volatile nature of the industry are some of the reasons confounding the efforts to arrive at a higher level of accomplishment.