Taxi operators will meet on Monday to discuss issues around the launch of the Bus Rapid Transport system, the SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) said on Saturday.

The meeting would follow on from the court judgment handed down on Friday which dismissed an urgent interdict by Santaco to stop the implementation of the BRT system in Johannesburg, the council said in a statement.

"Santaco will call a general meeting with the membership to report the meaning of the judgment.

"This meeting will sit on 31 August 2009 and further consider options in moving forward."

The council added that it continued to "promote constructive consultation and engagement.

"The meeting will then be able to provide direction going forward."

The taxi industry has initially planned a strike to object to the BRT system which will be launched in Johannesburg on Sunday and will start operating on Monday.

However Santaco later said this would not take place.

Taxi operators have expressed worry that the government had asked it to register its routes and then proceeded to place the new bus system on those same routes without consulting it.

Earlier on Saturday, taxi industry representatives met with the South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) about their issues regarding the BRT system.

A Sanco spokesperson Dumisani Mthalane said during the meeting it emerged that the taxi representatives were not opposed to the system itself.

However they did not appear to have the finer details of who will own what in the system and how they would protect their own ability to put food on their families' tables.

"They are not against the BRT, the problem is the understanding of the BRT because it has not been explained properly," he said.

On Friday it was announced that an interim company has been appointed to operate the buses until negotiations with the taxi industry are finalised.

The six-month contract was signed with a temporary company termed a "special purpose vehicle".

Once the city and taxi operators finalise their agreement, the new Bus Operating Company will either take over ownership of the SPV, or may form a separate legal entity to which the SPV will cede its rights and delegate its obligations in terms of the bus operating contract.

The SPV was 100 percent owned by a trust, of which the beneficiaries were taxi operators affected by phase 1A of the Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit System.

The city would provide the infrastructure for the BRT including dedicated lanes, stations and a fare collection system.

The SPV would then be paid a "per kilometre" fee.

This would cover its funding obligations and operating costs throughout the contract period.

The contract with the SPV contained similar terms to those proposed for the constitution of the eventual permanent Bus Operating Company, expected to be run by taxi operators.

The interim CEO of the SPV, Reitumetse Jackie Huntley from Mkhabela Huntley and Adekeye, would oversee the rollout of the bus services over the next six months.

The SPV had employed 75 trained bus drivers who would report for their first day of work on Sunday.

Twenty five additional staff members have been sourced from the taxi industry.