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Our unemployment rate , currently sitting at 32.7% makes for very depressing reading. The picture gets even more gloomy when we consider the fact that people who are willing and still able, have stopped looking for work. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

It’s a tough life

Our unemployment rate , currently sitting at 32.7% makes for very depressing reading. The picture gets even more gloomy when we consider the fact that people who are willing and…

Integrating transport modes would enhance accessibility and efficiency for people of varying income levels.

A daily battle: Commuters still suffer from apartheid spatial planning

For many people in South Africa, getting to work on time is a daily struggle which costs them a chunk of their earnings.

Golden Arrow bus depot in Philippi

Unions take on bus bosses seeking wage exemptions

Five bus companies have applied to be exempt from the wage deal that was signed after the near month-long strike

Military officers patrol as Venezuelan women walk towards Santa Elena to sleep, after checking their passports or identity cards at the Pacaraima border control, Roraima state, Brazil. (Reuters/Nacho Doce)

Saftu slams bus bosses threatening to take wage deal to court

Five bus companies have applied for exemption from the wage agreement that put an end to the month-long strike

Journey: The busy Bree Street taxi rank

The indefatigable taxi is a symbol of defiance

Their history follows the trajectory of the struggle and they are an ever-present reminder of people power, writes Zaza Hlalethwa

#BusStrike: Taxis bracing for busy day as bus drivers go on strike

Bus services such as MyCiTi, Putco, Rea Vaya, Gautrain bus service and Algoa Bus Company are among those whose services will be suspended

Shattered window of a bus.

Taxi associations deny shooting of Putco bus

Suggestions of "taxi violence" have been slammed after a bus was attacked amid outrage that taxi operators were not given the chance to tender.

Sanco said it supported the call for government intervention to resolve the nationwide bus strike.

End of the line for major Putco routes

Bus service Putco has said that it will not be renewing its transport contracts in three Gauteng municipalities – Tshwane, Ekurhuleni and Sedibeng.

Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown.

Bus strike leaves commuters stranded

Bus drivers have embarked on a national wage strike and demanded an 18% pay increase, says Satawu.

Putco condemns burning of buses

Putco on Monday condemned the burning of 22 buses and the damage done to 20 by angry protestors in Moloto Road in KwaMhlanga.

Commuters torch buses at KwaMhlanga

Commuters torched 21 Putco buses early on Monday on Moloto Road in KwaMhlanga. Putco said it would cost about R36-million to replace the buses.

Trains to run again in Pretoria following torching

The South African Rail Commuter Corporation will reintroduce trains on the Mabopane-Pretoria and De Welt-Pretoria lines in two weeks’ time, it announced on Wednesday. Six…