First day of Covid-19 lockdown causes transport setbacks

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Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula spoke of difficulties after the implementation of a national lockdown to stymie Covid-19 infections. He had been addressing media in the national capital Tshwane, at an update following the first day of the major intervention, which TimesLIVE Motoring attended

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Transport minister Fikile Mbalula on Friday night described a challenge in getting minibus operators to accept the requirement that passengers may not exceed 60% of the legal seating capacity.Minister of transport Fikile Mbalula spoke of difficulties after the implementation of a national lockdown to stymie Covid-19 infections.

“Because anything over and above that will undermine the reason of the lockdown in terms of social distance,” appealing to operators to understand. He also reiterated that the stipulated time frames must be obeyed. Mbalula stressed that intensifying efforts to curb the spread of the virus in the transport sector was essential, offering a reminder that patient zero arrived on local shores after an airline trip.

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