A report released this week exposed a growing crisis of contract killings in the country, and in the taxi industry in particular
Stolen police firearms are being used in politically-motivated shootings, gang hits and taxi violence.
The needs of women must be included in all public transport planning and policy
The spotlight is currently on the physical and sexual violence that women experience daily in South Africa.
By labelling it "taxi violence", Gauteng is avoiding the volatile industry’s problems in Mamelodi.
Taxi Violence have taken their early material and given us a masterclass in how a band can grow, learn and become best of breed.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Monday condemned reports of violence by striking taxi workers in Cape Town.
Nine people were injured in two separate incidents when gunmen opened fire on Rea Vaya buses in Soweto, police said on Saturday.
Cape Town mayor Helen Zille’s threat to call in the army to quell taxi violence was reminiscent of the apartheid era, Allan Boesak said on Wednesday.
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/ 7 December 2008
Alex Mabizela is a poster boy for the lawless world of SA minibus taxis. Standing outside a taxi rank in Johannesburg, he cuts a hapless figure.
Hundreds of commuters were left stranded on Thursday as taxi drivers on the routes between Johannesburg and Pretoria went on strike, police said.
A senior police officer has been shot dead near Stanger in what is believed to have been a deliberate ambush targeting the officer.