Namibia's rogue e-hailing apps just got a final 56-day lifeline before vehicles start getting towed.
Compliance ultimatum
Compliance ultimatum
- Unregistered operators face impoundment after the September thirty deadline extension.
- Yango InDrive Lefa drivers get twenty-eight days to secure permits, plus twenty-eight days for verification.
- Transport Minister Veikko Nekundi stressed that public passenger permits and vehicle tests are required.
- A meeting happened yesterday in Windhoek with Info Minister Emma Theofelus.
- Roughly four hundred drivers grabbed permits by late twenty twenty-five.
- Yango Namibia reports two ninety-three full approvals and three conditional.
- The company backed nine hundred ninety-four applications total, with eight hundred eighty submitted.
- One hundred fourteen wait on police clearance renewals.
- Drivers complain that permit delays kill their daily income stream.
- E-hailing firms demand faster processing and updated transport laws.
- Platforms like Yango push proactive help for driver compliance.
- Nekundi preps new public transport bill to crush illegal ops.
- Ministers insist all passenger transport follows strict legal rules.
- Theofelus praises e-hailing benefits but demands full adherence.
- Nekundi warns non-compliance will trigger harsh austerity steps soon.
- Yango urges every driver to apply immediately for permits.
