Nhlanhla Lux calls taxi and e-hailing turf war just ‘competition’! Soweto parliament president Nhlanhla “Lux” Dlamini has challenged claims of a turf war between taxi drivers and e-hailers in the township, relegating it to just “competition” in the industry.
Lux spoke to the media outside Maponya Mall on Friday, where a 27-year-old e-hailing driver was killed on Wednesday.
“What we managed to establish is that the taxi industry, association STS, and the e-hailing organisations are clear that they are not fighting; if they are not fighting, then who is fighting?
“It is very clear that the young man, may his soul rest in peace, was new in Soweto not only in the e-hailing space. The family that I was with confirmed that the young man started in e-hailing just on Monday. That is why Bolt services in Soweto and Johannesburg do not know him, that is why Uber services, e-hailing organisations do not know him,” he said.
Nhlanhla Lux
It’s just competition
Lux further described the existing tensions between e-hailing drivers and taxi drivers as “competition”.
“There is business competition, not tensions, and I think we as media and leaders need to be careful with our words because we are then spreading messages that there are tensions between taxis and e-hailing services. There are no tensions; there is competition that needs to be regulated,” he said.
Praise for Gauteng provincial leaders
He continued to praise the Gauteng government and the city of Johannesburg for their intervention in the matter.
“We have been stuck in meetings with the MEC in Soweto what is nice is that we are led here. And in the absence of Soweto leadership the province comes down, the city comes down.
“MEC Diale came and led a meeting that sat for six hours with all stakeholders,” he said.
Lux said he was at the mall to protect it from being attacked.
The real community is here!
The community of Pimville, where the Maponya mall is located, has requested that the mall be closed for seven days to observe a mourning period for the deceased driver.
“People who call themselves communities when they are a sponsored crowd, I want to say to them the real community is here. Let us see if there will be any anarchy here.
“There will not be any anarchy because the people of Pimville, Soweto, the real ones we are here now.
“I am a homeowner in Pimville I am not renting here so the ones that are renting must not come and tell us here,” he said.
Lux became famous in 2021 when Maponya mall and other malls in Soweto were looted. He was part of a group of people that claimed they were protecting Maponya mall with guns.
He is also a former leader of Operation Dudula.
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