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A daily battle: Commuters still suffer from apartheid spatial planning

For many people in South Africa, getting to work on time is a daily struggle which costs them a chunk of their earnings.

Phano Liphoto

5 min read

Shunt: With the train service dysfunctional, most carless Capetonians rely on minibus taxis. The taxi industry is in partnerships with local and provincial government but some fear taxis will lose out in the City of Cape Town’s transport plan. Photo: ER Lombard/Gallo Images

CAPE AMALGAMATED TAXI ASSOCIATION

18 AUG 2023

Taxi wars: How does Cape Town’s public transport system actually work?

Twenty-two percent of Capetonians use minibus taxis, but the city’s transport model will reduce this

Eunice Masson

7 min read

CAPE AMALGAMATED TAXI ASSOCIATION

18 JAN 2022

Cape Town routes being monitored after taxi boss shot dead

Fears of renewed taxi violence are sparked after the body of a leader of the Congress of Democratic Taxi Association was found on sand dunes near Khayelitsha

Eunice Masson

2 min read

BHEKI CELE

11 FEB 2021

Concern for safety of Cape Town’s bus commuters intensifies

The City of Cape Town has called on the police and transport ministers to establish a police unit to investigate public transportation crimes

Eunice Masson

2 min read