The situation however does not appear to be so for one of the critical
businesses during the tournament, the use of taxis as a means of
transport.
According to Citi FM’s Nana Boakye-Yiadom who is in South Africa
transportation appears to be one of the challenges facing South Africa
in its organization of the World Cup.
He however said it is quite easy to access and afford a taxi in that
country unlike in Ghana and others parts of the sub-region.
‘‘It is easy to access and afford taxis unlike Ghana where taxis are very expensive to hire’’ he noted.According to him, most taxi drivers he interacted with were unhappy at the signals so far.
‘‘Our hopes were raised so high that we were expecting to be reaping from the high but now, the market is still slow.”
Paul, a taxi driver in Johannesburg told CITI BUSINESS “At the moment
it is not good, we are still waiting, maybe next week when more people
keep coming into South Africa, things will change.”
According to Musani, another taxi driver, “Nothing has changed that
much but I think so far there is an upgrading of the transportation of
the guests from the airport to the hotels.”
The two taxi drivers are still harboring hopes of making up when more
visitors finally arrive in South Africa for the tournament.
“We are hoping that the World Cup will bring a lot of money to South
Africa and personally I think it will be good for me because I will be
taking the tourists around from the stadium and all over the country.”
Paul noted.
He noted that taxi fares are not going to be inflated saying it will
take a Ghanaian who has arrived in Johannesburg and wants to go around
with a Taxi, 300 Rand which is about $50 dollars or approximately $70
dollars.”
This is the deal, so if you are planning to go to South Africa to watch
and experience the World Cup, then you should be looking at 50 to 70
dollars per trip.
