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A recent study commissioned by the global financial services company, Visa, highlighted that although 93% of minibus taxi passengers still use cash, 56% of them would prefer to use a prepaid card if one was available.
CAPE AMALGAMATED TAXI ASSOCIATION

Brave new minibus taxi world: Cashless and taxed

Brave new minibus taxi world: Cashless and taxed

  • Eunice Masson
8 min read
Commuters using minibus taxis will not see tariff increases just yet as taxi associations refrain from fare increases despite rising fuel costs.
CAPE AMALGAMATED TAXI ASSOCIATION

Taxi commuters spared tariff hikes for now, despite fuel price surge

Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape refrain from increasing taxi fares but haven’t ruled out the possibility

  • Eunice Masson
3 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

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
A week ago, the City of Cape Town said it had impounded 19 amaphela taxis and two minibus taxis for operating without a valid permit or contravening permits. Hours after the vehicles were impounded, four Golden Arrow buses and one service delivery truck belonging to the city were attacked.
AMAPHELA

Controversial Cape Town taxi association distances itself from bus attacks

The short-trip taxis, which are mostly unlicensed, have been linked to crime in townships

  • Eunice Masson
9 min read
Commuters using minibus taxis will not see tariff increases just yet as taxi associations refrain from fare increases despite rising fuel costs.
CAPE AMALGAMATED TAXI ASSOCIATION

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

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
‘Sufficient police visibility’ planned in the suburbs of Maitland and Ndabeni. (Paul Botes/M&G)
CAPE AMALGAMATED TAXI ASSOCIATION

Police monitoring threats of another taxi protest in Cape Town

‘Sufficient police visibility’ planned in the suburbs of Maitland and Ndabeni.

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
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CAPE AMALGAMATED TAXI ASSOCIATION

Damages during taxi protest estimated at over R4-million

The Western Cape government has warned of route closures and the suspension of operating licences should the violence continue

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
The demonstration, organised by two taxi associations, Codeta and Cata, blocked several arterial roads into the city’s central business district on Thursday morning. (Getty Images)
CAPE AMALGAMATED TAXI ASSOCIATION

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

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
CAPE AMALGAMATED TAXI ASSOCIATION

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
CAPE AMALGAMATED TAXI ASSOCIATION

Man accused of killing four at Cape taxi rank granted R10 000 bail

Mbongeni Songo is facing four counts of murder and one of attempted murder. A fifth person was wounded in the same incident

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the SANDF deployment in his 12 February State of the Nation Address. (David Harrison/M&G)
CAPE AMALGAMATED TAXI ASSOCIATION

Three men killed in apparent Cape Town taxi violence flare-up

Three members affiliated with taxi association Cata have been gunned down at the Joe Slovo minibus taxi rank in Cape Town

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
CAPE AMALGAMATED TAXI ASSOCIATION

Rivals agree on new measures to end Cape Town taxi dispute

But key route remains closed and affected areas halt issuing of operating licences

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
Standstill: The ongoing taxi war has put a strain on transport, leaving commuters waiting for hours in Cape Town’s city centre. (David Harrison/M&G)
CAPE AMALGAMATED TAXI ASSOCIATION

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

  • Eunice Masson
7 min read
Public transport in Cape Town and its surrounds has stabilised somewhat following two weeks of disruption due to ongoing conflict over routes between two rival taxi associations.
CAPE AMALGAMATED TAXI ASSOCIATION

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

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
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CAPE AMALGAMATED TAXI ASSOCIATION

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

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read