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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Following the public transporters\u2019 three-day strike, which started on Tuesday, the Minister of Transport and Public Works, Eric Molale has announced that public transport fares have increased by 15%, effective today.<\/b><\/p>\n

The increase according to Molale will apply to scheduled services, shared taxis and minibuses. He, however, said the increase will not affect special taxis. He explained that Cabinet approved the adjustment to the public road transport passenger fares.<\/p>\n

The new fares are as follows:<\/p>\n

Shared Taxi: P8.00<\/p>\n

Mini-Bus (Combi): P7.00<\/p>\n

Special taxi: P33.00<\/p>\n

Long distance (tarred road): P0.35t per kilometer<\/p>\n

Long distance (gravel): P0.38t per kilometer<\/p>\n

In making the decision, Molale added that Cabinet considered the interest of the commuters, the operators and the economy at large.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is crucial that the fares are sustainable and they are affordable to the commuters and transport operators also get a return on their investments and fares do not impose and do inflationary pressure on the economy,\u201d he indicated. He said 15% is considered fair and reasonable to everyone involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe looked at various services at large; we didn\u2019t look much at the operators\u2019 demands. The public transporters wanted 61% but we sat down with relevant stakeholders like the Ministry of Finance to facilitate an informed and balanced decision. We evaluated the situation from a broader perspective, and we came up with 15%, which was the reasonable number for both transport service providers and their customers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Goodhope\/Mabule legislator further emphasised that they didn\u2019t look at service providers only but we also considered people who use these services. He said if they had listened to transporters’ demands only then it will have affected commuters to a large extent. \u201cOur intention is to service everyone from providers to customers\u201d.<\/p>\n

Considering that the strike had inconvenienced a lot of people in the past three days, Molale apologised for taking a longer time to resolve the situation and address the situation where there was suspension of public transport services and obstruction of some who were willing to provide the service willingly. He said going forward they are going to be working with key stakeholders to develop a framework where the proposed adjustment to the fuel prices and their impact on provision of public transport are computed. \u201cThis will facilitate the necessary analysis that will trigger adjustments to be effected in the transport fares,\u201d he said. He said as stakeholders they will make sure that there is no repeat of what happened in the past three days.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Mmegi shortly after the announcement last night, Botswana Bus Operators Association chairperson, Tiragalo Mponang said 15% is too small and it will take them nowhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wonder which demands they were responding to. But, because they did some increase we can\u2019t say we are not continuing with the strike. Tomorrow we are going back to work but we will continue the dialogue,\u201d he said. He added that they made their plea when a litre of diesel was still P13.90 not P16.64 now. Mponang said Molale didn\u2019t respond to that therefore, they are likely to clash if there are some changes in the future.<\/p>\n

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