INTERVIEW: DR. ANTHONY MINNAAR [SAPS] re: Taxi Industry crisis INTERVIEW & VOX POPS TAXI OPERATORS DRIVERS VARIOUS TAXI RANK

Record ID: 893666

  • Title: INTERVIEW: DR. ANTHONY MINNAAR [SAPS] re: Taxi Industry crisis INTERVIEW & VOX POPS TAXI OPERATORS DRIVERS VARIOUS TAXI RANK
  • Date: 25th October 1996
  • Summary: INTERVIEW: DR. ANTHONY MINNAAR [SAPS] re: Taxi Industry crisis INTERVIEW & VOX POPS TAXI OPERATORS DRIVERS VARIOUS TAXI RANK
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  • City: JOHANNESBURG
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 96OCT25R03
  • Story Text:INTERVIEWS: RE: TAXI INDUSTRY CRISIS

    13.57.35 INTERVIEW: DR ANTHONY MINNAAR [RESEARCHER TAXI VIOLENCE SAPS]: HOW SERIOUS IS THE PROBLEM WITH TAXI VIOLENCE IN SA?
    13.58.16 IN TERMS OF LEVELS OF VIOLENCE, COMPARED WITH OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE, HOW SERIOUS IS TAXI VIOLENCE?
    13.59.13 YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER THAT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS FORMS OF VIOLENCE?
    13.59.58 OBVIOUSLY THE FIGHTING IS ABOUT ROUTES AND THE RIGHT TO OPERATE ROUTES, BUT WHY HAS IT GOT SO VIOLENT BECAUSE THERE ARE BUSINESS DISPUTES ALL THE TIME ABOUT THINGS?
    14.01.33 THERE HAD BEEN A NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS TO MEDIATE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT GROUPS BUT IT STILL GOES ON - DO YOU THINK THERE IS A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM?
    14.03.49 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF TAXI ASSOCIATIONS - IT SOUNDS LIKE FREE MARKET FORCES GONE MAD?
    14.05.07 ESTABLISHING SHOTS

    15.42.30 INTERVIEW: TAXI OPERATOR AT TAXI RANK - PROBLEM IS ESCALATING - INVOLVEMENT OF THE POLICE INTO THE WHOLE THING
    15.43.34 HAVE YOU YOURSELF BEEN THE VICTIM OF ATTACKS BY OTHER TAXI OPERATORS?
    15.44.12 WHAT CAN YOU THEN IF YOU ARE BEING TARGETTED & THE POLICE DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED - HOW CAN YOU OPERATE?
    15.45.10 HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO EMPLOY YOUR OWN PROTECTION?
    15.45.39 WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE ANSWER TO STOPPING THE TAXI VIOLENCE?
    15.46.25 WHY HAS THE TAXI BUSINESS BECOME SO VIOLENT BECAUSE ALL SORTS OF BUSINESSES HAVE DISPUTES?
    15.47.50 ESTABLISHING SET-UP SHOTS

    15.48.14 VARIOUS AT TAXI RANK
    15.58.09 VOX POPS
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