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document.write("<h5>No surprises there then!</h5>");
document.write(". Notso");
document.write("<h5>Taxi vs busses</h5>");
document.write("If the new BRT system is an improvement on or anything like the old public transport that was running in places such as Cape Town, Jo'burg, Pretoria, Bloem, East London, Maritzburg and Durban, then I say lets go for it. Taxis are to much a law unto themselves. Dangerous is too soft an expression. They must be cut down to size.. citizen");
document.write("<h5>Round 1</h5>");
document.write("Round 1 tof many to come for the LAWLESS THUGS   . Fred M");
document.write("<h5>Blame it on Apartheid</h5>");
document.write("Apartheid ended 15 years ago. Time to move forward and modernise. We cannot have a bunch of taxi operators and associations running amok like mafia untouchables while the traffic problems threaten to stifle economic growth.<br />In addition, if safety in the taxi industry were to be scrutinised and regulated in the same way as that of the mines, there would be NO taxis on the roads.... Geo");
document.write("<h5>Unfair competition??</h5>");
document.write("What's that? Taxis must evolve! As a pale face I would love to be able to use public transport, there's no way in hell I would climb into a death trap taxi though. If Taxi's weren't so suspect, they wouldn't have to fear all their clients jumping on to busses.. L_M");
document.write("<h5>Taxi operators to start war if brt continues</h5>");
document.write("If they want war,give them war ,let the army take them out.We are moving forward in the future,let no  braindead fool stand in the way  . Frikkie Botes");
document.write("<h5>classic</h5>");
document.write("They have warned of bloodshed?? the joys of living in africa...the darkest of all continents.. classic");
document.write("<h5>Call in the despot.........................</h5>");
document.write("MUGABE to sort out the problem, as much as I  dislike him, he will know what to do with these hooligans, who are in the minority.. BOERE SEUN");
document.write("<h5>F-you JZ you swine!</h5>");
document.write("why is this even a consideration!?!?! 45Mil SA citizens vs. what, maybe 5,000 or 10,000 taxi drivers???<br /><br />COME ON!<br /><br />and what does APARTHEID have to do with this?!? That was like 20 years ago, how long can that be an excuse for everything!<br /><br />my whitie buddy just said, hmmm, dit lyk my dis tyd vir 'n bietjie \"hou-vir-'n-hou\" DAMN RIGHT!. julius");
document.write("<h5>Options</h5>");
document.write("we have to give the public an option re transport. Few of the minibus operators can transport their passangers in comfort and luxury. This indicate their level in society: Down in the gutter. And they should be dealt with in that way. How can we as South Africans allow the lowest of the low to prescribe the laws of public transport?. cal");
document.write("<h5>2 options</h5>");
document.write("1. each busy must be accompanied by an armoured vehicle for protection (reflecting the true state of Sa society at last) or...<br />2. the BRT must be changed to the Mini-BRT, employing existing privately owned infrastructure instead of state-imposed infrastructure etc. Now if I can think of that, why !@#$ can't the authoritities!?. freddie");
document.write("<h5>....AND WHY SHOULD THEY BE REGULATED??</h5>");
document.write("LEAVE US ALONE!!<br /><br />This country is already getting overregulated.<br /><br />The Taxi industry is working OK.<br /><br />Leave us alone!!!!<br /><br />. Taxi Driver");
document.write("<h5>Dear Taxi Driver..........</h5>");
document.write("The taxi industry is NOT working okay.  You guys are law breaking, aggressive, overcharging warlords.  Wake up and try to recognise how this kind of attitude will not help in pulling the people out of poverty and into growth.. Idiots");
document.write("<h5>You WILL use Taxi's</h5>");
document.write("Even if we round you up and force you to get in you will use our taxis JZ supports us on this ViVa Viva JZ. Wait until Shaik is minister of finance then you will see what we can do. Arnie II");
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