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Fikile has a daring plan for taxis

National Thanduxolo Jika & Mail Guardian Correspondent - 13 Aug 2020

The transport minister presented to the ANC’s top body a proposal to establish a bank for taxi operators and to subsidise the industry

Editorial: ANC, stop hurting our country

Editorial Editorial - 31 Jul 2020

The ANC either does not understand the best interests of those it was elected to serve — or it knows and doesn’t care

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

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 17 Jul 2020

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

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

Coronavirus Sarah Smit - 13 Jul 2020

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

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Police brutality is government policy

Coronavirus Tristen Taylor - 12 Jul 2020

For 20 years ministers in charge of the police have been telling them to beat up or kill criminals

‘I get nothing at the end of the day’

Coronavirus Sarah Smit - 26 Jun 2020

The taxi industry is the backbone of South Africa’s public transport system. But its drivers, at the mercy of their bosses and government, are struggling to survive the new Covid-19 rules

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Mbalula defends changing taxi operating times

Article Thando Maeko - 3 Apr 2020

Regulations for taxis have been relaxed over the last few days of the lockdown prompting criticism. Transport minister Fikile Mbalula however, has defended the decision

‘Frustrated’ police resort to force

Article Lester Kiewit - 2 Apr 2020

Regulation uncertainty leaves slap-happy police and soldiers to decide when people should or shouldn’t be allowed on the streets

South Africans stuck in Peru lockdown told to ‘hang in there’

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 31 Mar 2020

Two women who travelled to South America for a friend’s wedding were told by the South African government to wait until Peru’s state of emergency ends. Now they could be coming home

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SAA to operate emergency evacuation flights

Article Sabelo Skiti & Thando Maeko - 29 Mar 2020

Airports company, airlines on notice for mercy flights to evacuate foreigners from South Africa

Rules for lockdown: Stay put!

Article Franny Rabkin - 26 Mar 2020

The lockdown regulations provide for strong curtailment of people’s movements, but many details of their implementation are still to come

Covid-19 regulations cause confusion for sheep shipment

Article Sabelo Skiti - 19 Mar 2020

Confusion about who should check a vessel meant to pick up 60 000 sheep has exposed fissures in the Covid-19 regulations

Richard Calland: Covid-19 can have positive outcomes

Analysis Richard Calland - 18 Mar 2020

Democracy and social welfare may get a boost and blind capitalism may see that it’s unsustainable

South Africa’s travel ban commences

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 18 Mar 2020

The travel restrictions will allow South Africa to turn back passengers arriving from areas affected by Covid-19 that are deemed high risk

Inner-city raids: criminal police conduct violates residents’ privacy and dignity

Analysis Thato Masiangoako - 18 Mar 2020

Residents of 11 buildings in Johannesburg have challenged the constitutionality of the raids they were subjected to in the high court

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