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08/09/2023

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08/09/2023

SANTACO Chairperson Condemned the harrasment of private scholar Transport operators by the taxi industry. He made it clear to all attendees that parents have a right to organise private vehicles to take their kids to school.

He edged the local taxi associations to engege the private operators to join SANTACO so that they can be legalized as Private Scholar Transport Operators. No operator is allowed to run public transport operations without an operating licence.

01/10/2020

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19/04/2020

Date: Saturday, April 18, 2020

An act of kindness: Qoboshiyane and family puts a smile on Church congregants amid Covid19 pandemic challenges

By: The Blue Group

East London – day 23 into the nation-wide ‘lockdown’ of the ‘Covid19 pandemic’ has prompted Eastern Cape’s Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Legislature, honorable Mlibo Qoboshiyane to donate food parcels to needy church congregants in Quigney. The lockdown has sparked nation-wide anger, while at the same time, reviving the spirit of Ubuntu by ordinary citizens, politicians and businesses alike to help the poor.

Approximately, 30 underprivileged congregants of the Victoria Methodist church, circuit 313 in Quigney, received food parcels from Qoboshiyane to keep warm during the lockdown. The beneficiaries are from different parts of East London. As part of fighting and minimising the spread of the Coronavirus or Covid19 pandemic as famously known, national government initially imposed a ‘national lockdown of 21 days’ which has seen an addition of two more weeks as the number of infections and deaths continue to increase.

The beneficiaries seemed happy and grateful for the benevolent act demonstrated by Qoboshiyane during which – most described as ‘the most challenging period of their life’ as they have nowhere to solicit such kindness. The lockdown has seen many citizens suffer due to the lack of income and businesses close down in compliance to the government’s call to minise human interaction while encouraging social distancing and personal hygiene.

Street vendors and small businesses are the most impacted by the pandemic. This could have dire consequences for the country’s economy as many businesses are anticipated to retrench, others even close down permanently due to a lack of economic activity during the lockdown. However, government has made a ‘national relief fund’ available for businesses to apply for financial assistance in order to cope with the lack of cashflow. On the other hand, all major South African banks have provided financial relief in the form of payment holidays and loans to both customers and businesses who qualify.

13/04/2020

Lock down means we have to stay at home. Dont attend funerals that you are not even related to. The government has limit funeral attence to 50 and if you above the number it means you are contravening with the law and you will be jailed for it.

22/03/2020

Your landlord unilaterally amends your lease agreement without consulting you. In particular, he amended the rental amount from R3000 to R 4500 per month and his reasons are that he made a mistake when you both signed the lease agreement.

Questions

1. Is your landlord allowed to do so in law?

2. If not, what was he supposed to do?

3. Let us assume you refuse to accept the rental increase, what do you think the landlord can do to ensure he gets R4500 rental per month?

4. If you refuse to accept the amendment, what options do you have?

5. Can mistake on his part be a valid reason to amend the lease agreement?