TAXIS

How South Africa’s minibus taxi industry exploits its drivers

Article Magnificent Mndebele & Musawenkosi Cabe - 20 Dec 2019

The drivers who are the bedrock of the public transport system are often paid less than the sectoral determination stipulates

Death or taxes for polluting plastic

Article Lynley Donnelly - 18 Apr 2019

South Africa's apathetic attitude to plastic use requires an intervention — but what would work here?

Taming Kenya’s matatu madness

Africa Njeri Kimani - 16 Nov 2018

In a renewed crackdown, taxis and buses that ignore safety rules are being taken off the country’s roads

Getting from point A to point B safely

Article Welcome Lishivha - 27 Jul 2018

South African drivers like to make up their own rules

The sterrings of the journey

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 4 May 2018

The queue marshal and the taxi owner: Snapshots from the life and times of the taxi

Metered taxis deny involvement in death of Taxify driver

Article Gemma Ritchie - 6 Mar 2018

Taxi council distances its members from the violence, claiming the death of Siyabonga Ngcobo was a fight between Uber and Taxify drivers

Unfinished Ekurhuleni taxi ranks cost R72m

Article Athandiwe Saba - 2 Mar 2018

An internal Ekurhuleni report reveals that a staggering escalation of costs were approved

Uber suffers new blow as EU court rules it’s a taxi service

Article Danny Kemp - 20 Dec 2017

The EU's top court ruled on Wednesday that Uber is an ordinary transportation company instead of an app and should be regulated as such

Taxi industry ‘running on empty’

Article Govan Whittles - 10 Nov 2017

Calling the transport minister a liar, owners want a state subsidy so they can pay their bills

Want to escape Sao Paulo’s traffic? Take a flying taxi

Article Paula Ramon - 19 Jul 2017

Sao Paulo's infernal traffic jams have sparked a new app that opens the sky to commuters: Voom, a helicopter taxi service.

Banks wash their hands of killer taxis

Article Athandiwe Saba - 1 Jul 2016

They have told the public protector they were confused by regulators and duped by dealerships.

Killer taxis took to the roads in 2005 – and the fight to remove them is still raging

Article Athandiwe Saba - 29 Jun 2016

Authorities have known about the vehicles for over a decade, but they are still being sold and they are still on the road.

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