South African National Taxi Council

/ 24 October 2023

Santaco will form security company to ‘clean up’ crime

The country’s taxi industry aims to register its own security company and to work in collaboration with the police and the private security sector

By Lyse Comins

National

/ 8 October 2023

uMhlanga Oceans node property owners in taxi dispute

Local business and property owners say trade and values have plummeted due to taxi traffic congestion caused by the lack of a permanent public transport facility

By Lyse Comins

National

/ 27 September 2023

Brave new minibus taxi world: Cashless and taxed

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 18 August 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

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 11 August 2023

Taxi council and Cape Town agree to end eight-day taxi strike

The South African National Taxi Council agreed to release a warning notice of any future strike action at least 36 hours in advance

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 11 August 2023

Taxi bosses drive havoc in the long ignored countrywide problem

The national transport minister has slammed local by-laws while the police minister has distanced himself from the taxi mayhem that’s playing itself out in the Western Cape

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 10 August 2023

Taxi politics: Santaco, national and local government talks hit deadlock

The national taxi council is seeking legal advice to apply for an urgent interdict for the release of all its impounded vehicles

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 8 August 2023

UPDATED: City of Cape Town is ‘arrogant’, says transport minister over taxi violence

Sindisiwe Chikunga said that the city’s by-laws contravened national laws

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 7 August 2023

Two killed, buses and cars torched as Cape Town taxi strike continues

Taxi associations are protesting against the legal impounding of their vehicles

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 3 August 2023

Chaos, violence on major Cape Town roads as taxis go on strike

There have been reports of looting and the setting alight of vehicles since Thursday afternoon

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 2 August 2023

Cape Town tense as taxis and cops clash

The South African National Taxi Council has called an urgent meeting after live rounds were fired in the city centre

By Eunice Masson

Politics

/ 15 March 2023

Cape Town taxi body backs EFF shutdown call but won’t take part

The South African National Taxi Council says its members can decide if they want to take part in the national shutdown planned for 20 March

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 24 November 2022

Funding dries up for popular Western Cape Blue Dot taxi service

The programme attempted to formalise the notorious transport sector by requiring tax compliance and good driver behaviour, but it is set to end on 30 November

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 24 May 2022

Route closure may be extended as talks between Western Cape taxi groups stall

The reopening of Route B97 without an agreement may result in a flood of illegal taxi operators and reignite taxi violence

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 24 March 2022

Cars stoned, residents injured as Cape Town taxi protest turns violent

The demonstration, organised by two taxi associations, Codeta and Cata, blocked several arterial roads into the city’s central business district on Thursday morning

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 29 July 2021

Taxi violence: Fight for survival in Cape Town’s dangerous turf war

The flare-up of the taxi war in the Western Cape has again shown the industry’s ability to hold commuters, the state and the local economy to ransom

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 27 July 2021

Cape Town transport stabilised after two weeks of taxi violence

But despite the calm, rival taxi associations have not yet made peace in their turf war

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 21 July 2021

Taxi associations in impasse over dispute

Western Cape government cuts off its Blue Dot incentive payments to Cata and Codeta and financial support agreement with Santaco

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 2 August 2020

Scores die in Western Cape’s deadly taxi tit-for-tat

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 rolls in connection with the conflict

By Lester Kiewit

Coronavirus

/ 26 June 2020

‘I get nothing at the end of the day’

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

By Sarah Smit

Business

/ 7 May 2020

Virus shakes up taxi sector

Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdown have continued to tear through profits in the taxi industry, requiring the sector to formulate a new approach for how it operates, even beyond the pandemic

By Thando Maeko