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/ 26 October 2007

Jo’burg’s zippy new way to go

Catching a taxi from the Johannesburg CBD to the FNB Stadium outside Soweto can be a nightmare on match days. The queues are long and football fans are regularly charged double the normal rate, especially in the evenings. A fan from Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, spends on average R20 for a single trip to the stadium.

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/ 11 September 2007

Taxi violence: ‘Enough is enough’

Taxi violence is disturbing and must be curbed in order to build confidence in the taxi industry, the Gauteng registrar for public transport said on Tuesday. ”We all come to the point of saying enough is enough and let us stop the carnage. Let us all bring back confidence in the taxi industry,” Sam Ledwaba told a media conference in Johannesburg.