The irate drivers who blockaded parts of the R24 on Friday claim the online transportation network company is ‘stealing their business’.
JOHANNESBURG, May 26 (ANA) – Uber on Thursday said metered taxi drivers can use its app to find customers – a move that was likely to…
Mpho Moshe Matheolane recalls a scary incident while riding in a taxi and wonders how to improve the South African public transport system.
Two days ahead of the Soccer World Cup kick-off, taxi drivers driving from downtown Johannesburg to Soweto said they were unhappy.
Smart new buses already roll past World Cup stadiums, but anger is simmering within the taxi industry, which feels sidelined from the tournament.
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/ 9 September 2009
Taxis drivers who play sound systems too loudly in Durban will soon face the music, the city said on Wednesday.
The proposed bus rapid transport system in Gauteng should be put on hold until the taxi industry’s involvement is outlined, a taxi council says.
The Gauteng government’s attempt to negotiate with violent taxi organisations sent out the wrong message about crime, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Tuesday. The DA’s Gauteng transport spokesperson, James Swart, said bus drivers in Alexandra in Johannesburg had been attacked recently.
Taxi drivers declared a truce on Wednesday against bus companies they claim are illegally poaching business from them along Johannesburg’s Louis Botha Avenue. This comes after a committee was formed to investigate the taxi operators’ claims and to verify the bus companies’ permits.
Unruly taxi drivers who think they are immune to road rules and terrorise passengers by forcing them to commute in their vehicles should be dealt with, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Tuesday. Ann Barnes, the party’s spokesperson for traffic in Johannesburg, said authorities had to start ”confiscating taxis and charging drivers”.