The brutal assassination of Babita Deokaran was not an isolated crime. It was a symptom. A loud alarm in a system where corruption is not criminal aberration but an ecosystem
‘I don’t know how to keep quiet,’ says Cape Town artist Thania Petersen of the Israel-Gaza war
Brave new minibus taxi world: Cashless and taxed
The fuel-powered taxi has been given a second life by retrofitting it with electric propulsion
The headlines vilifying one group of drivers miss the point about an important road safety report.
Taxi boss Mandla Gcaba went on radio at the weekend to deny his taxis would be used to shuttle protesters to support his cousin, Jacob Zuma
The transport minister presented to the ANC’s top body a proposal to establish a bank for taxi operators and to subsidise the industry
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…
Mediclinic workers say the company is not taking responsibility for a Covid-19 outbreak at a Pretoria hospital
The virus will lose if the government and high-profile people communicate effectively the reasons for restrictions and the compromises that have been made
It is clear that the democratic government has failed the taxi industry, not only now during the Covid-19 pandemic, but for decades.
If the government has money to bail out the aviation, energy and broadcasting industries, why can it not help this anchor of our economy?
The drivers who are the bedrock of the public transport system are often paid less than the sectoral determination stipulates
South Africa’s apathetic attitude to plastic use requires an intervention — but what would work here?
In a renewed crackdown, taxis and buses that ignore safety rules are being taken off the country’s roads
South African drivers like to make up their own rules
The queue marshal and the taxi owner: Snapshots from the life and times of the taxi
Taxi council distances its members from the violence, claiming the death of Siyabonga Ngcobo was a fight between Uber and Taxify drivers
An internal Ekurhuleni report reveals that a staggering escalation of costs were approved
The EU’s top court ruled on Wednesday that Uber is an ordinary transportation company instead of an app and should be regulated as such
