St Joseph's fiasco exposes combi owners' nefarious entitlement mentality

The furore surrounding the Kgale route is basically one of safety versus profit. The parents of the St Joseph's College students clubbed together and engaged the services of an independent transporter mainly to ensure their children's safety.

On the other hand, members of the Gaborone Taxi and Local Bus Service Association (GTLBSA) that ply that route see it as economic sabotage by transport authorities.  

 In addition to the issues of the freedom of choice guaranteed to every consumer in this country, we think the parents are raising serious concerns that include safety, customer care and morality.  As parents, they bear the onerous responsibility of guaranteeing the safety of their children.  After all, should their children sustain lifelong disabilities due to road accidents, or worst still lose their lives, it will ultimately be the parents who have to live with those eventualities.

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