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Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe Chikunga. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

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SCORE: C- Sindisiwe Chikunga has been in her post for a few months, but she was the woman in charge when the National Council of Provinces’ select committee on social services…

Gauteng has recorded the highest road fatalities to date during the 2023 festive season, Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Chikunga said on Friday.
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Gauteng records South Africa’s highest festive season road crash fatalities so far

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Disquiet: Law enforcement officers in Nyanga township on day five of the minibus taxi strike that has seen five people killed, vehicles burnt and public services brought to a halt. Photo: Jaco Marais/Gallo Images

Taxi bosses drive havoc in the long ignored countrywide problem

The national transport minister has slammed local by-laws while the police minister has distanced himself from the taxi mayhem that’s playing itself out in the Western Cape

Wheels are off: Minibuses were used to block roads and buses were burnt, leaving thousands of commuters without transport, after taxi operators went on strike this week.  (Jaco Marais/Gallo Images)

Taxi strike highlights sector’s stranglehold on public transport

It has also brought to the fore the political power tussle between the DA in the Western Cape and the ANC-led national government

Taxi politics: Santaco, national and local government talks hit deadlock

The national taxi council is seeking legal advice to apply for an urgent interdict for the release of all its impounded vehicles

Transport Minister Sindiswe Chikunga. (@Dotransport/Twitter)

UPDATED: City of Cape Town is ‘arrogant’, says transport minister over taxi violence

Sindisiwe Chikunga said that the city’s by-laws contravened national laws

Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga on Monday called for the immediate release of all taxis that have been impounded for operating without a licence in the City of Cape Town.

Promotion of MP leaves police committee ‘rudderless’

The DA’s spokesperson on police, said that "we have been left rudderless" after Sindisiwe Chikunga was appointed deputy minister of transport.

Sindisiwe Chikunga: The fiery midwife who took on Cele

Sindisiwe Chikunga: The fiery midwife who took on Cele

Even if suspended police commissioner Bheki Cele is missing his job, he certainly won’t be missing Parliament’s oversight committee on police.