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The country’s taxi industry aims to register its own security company and to work in collaboration with the police and the private security sector (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Santaco will form security company to ‘clean up’ crime

The country’s taxi industry aims to register its own security company and to work in collaboration with the police and the private security sector

A thing of the past? The first vehicle of its kind in the country will arrive by the end of this year and it will be rigorously tested under local conditions.

Quantum leap: Electric minibus taxis could soon be a SA reality

The first vehicle of its kind in the country will arrive by the end of this year and it will be rigorously tested under local conditions

Volunteers and local workers take part in the clean up operation at the looted Bara Mall in Soweto, on July 15, 2020. – Many South Africans, taking matters into their own hands in a country where few rely on a chronically failing state, have started to clean up and repair. And the South African presidency even tweeted its thanks to “those who clean up”. (Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP)

Rebuttal: Township malls should be rebuilt

Tshepo Mokholo’s article on township malls misses some Kasi’s economic and social points

Bullish: Transaction Capital’s David Hurwitz says defensive sectors are resilient in the wake of the pandemic. Photo: Elaine Banister Photography

Transaction Capital finds trust among used-car salesmen

The firm believes the second-hand vehicle business will thrive in a post-Covid world

President Cyril Ramaphosa to address the nation next week

The national coronavirus command council will meet next week to discuss ways it can clamp down on the increasing Covid-19 infections. This is after the cabinet met this week to…

Commuters using minibus taxis will not see tariff increases just yet as taxi associations refrain from fare increases despite rising fuel costs.

Scores die in Western Cape’s deadly taxi tit-for-tat

Forty-three people were shot dead in the first six months of this year in the Western Cape’s intractable taxi violence, while close to 100 have been arrested and 40 are on court…

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula says that the decision to allow taxis to operate at full capacity is driven by ‘rationale’, not fear

The government is ‘not afraid of the taxi industry’ — Fikile Mbalula

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula says that the decision to allow taxis to operate at full capacity is driven by ‘rationale’, not fear

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused pain for minibus taxi passengers and drivers. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Taxis and Covid-19: ‘The ideal doesn’t exist’

After months of complaining about the regulations imposed on the industry, taxi owners have been given a lifeline

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused pain for minibus taxi passengers and drivers. (Paul Botes/M&G)

The taxi industry deserves a full load of respect

If the government has money to bail out the aviation, energy and broadcasting industries, why can it not help this anchor of our economy?

Transport, which has previously been the largest contributor to the headline rate, increased by 11.1% year-on-year and contributed 1.6 percentage points. Photo: (Delwyn Verasamy, M&G)

Public transport inequality

The Competition Commission’s market inquiry reveals that South Africa’s public transport system remains skewed by class, advantaging middle- and high-income earners

Before the Covid-19 pandemic thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers turned off their apps in a US-wide strike over pay and working conditions. (Kate Munsch/Reuters)

Drivers strike as Uber poised to go public

Uber is expected to launch its initial public offering on Friday giving it an estimated valuation of some $80-billion

Santaco chief strategic manager Bafana Magagula told the Mail & Guardian that the issuing of permits to multiple taxi associations operating on the same route is the main cause this violence. (Image via SABC)

​Taxi violence: Santaco decries lack of justice

Santaco blames the transport department’s permit issuing procedures for increased taxi violence

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

Running on empty: Taxi owners are battling high interest rates.

Taxi owners bled dry by credit costs

Seen as risky, operators have to finance their vehicles at high interest rates and many are battling to stay afloat

Uber has suggested that the ministry delay the implementation of clause 66 (7) until the current challenges are resolved. (Reuters)

Uber cited as example of the sharing economy, but its vast revenues suggest otherwise

The king of the sharing economy is catalysing innovation and raking in cash, but who benefits?

Toyota Quantum panel vans in use as taxis at a taxi rank in Cape Town.

Banks wash their hands of killer taxis

They have told the public protector they were confused by regulators and duped by dealerships.

Toyota Quantum panel vans in use as taxis at a taxi rank in Cape Town.

Killer taxis took to the roads in 2005 – and the fight to remove them is still raging

Authorities have known about the vehicles for over a decade, but they are still being sold and they are still on the road.

Times are changing and commuters will ultimately decide how they want to travel

Uber drives home need to innovate

The challenges to the taxi industry require a holistic new approach to public transport.

Migrants wait to disembark from Aquarius in the Sicilian harbour of Catania

Wheels come off the taxi industry every other day

By labelling it "taxi violence", Gauteng is avoiding the volatile industry’s problems in Mamelodi.

Uber does not force drivers to join its service any more than it forces customers to use it. Its growth is not a result of manipulation but of excellence.

Uber is excellent, not evil

Taxi service Uber is neither particularly big nor particularly mean. And it works.