April - May 2025

Budget Should Also Reflect the Needs of Taxi Industry

The importance of the national budget has taken centre stage due to Parliamentarians’ inability to agree on tax-related matters—a situation amplified by the Value Added Tax (VAT) impasse, which has...

Maredi promises to rebuild FELLDTA after assuming leadership position

Ben Maredi is the new national president of the Federation for long and local distance taxi association (FELLDTA) after a special sitting of the executive committee elected him to the position...

NTA shows love to schools in Limpopo as road awareness campaign launched

The National Taxi Alliance (NTA) was in the Limpopo area of Zebediela to give school uniform and launch road safety campaigns for the two schools. The partnership to donate school uniforms is...

The evolving global order impacts everyone –including the taxi industry

Why is it important for taxi operators to care about global issues or events beyond South Africa’s borders when local challenges already dominate our focus? The answer is simple: “we must care”. Take...

Women taxi operators invest millions in the textile factory

Female taxi operators from KwaZulu-Natal are making history—not on the roads, but in the textile sector. In March, the SANTACO Women’s Desk in the Ugu Region launched a women-owned upholstery and...

Baloyi’s acquittal opens internal fights within Santaco region in Free State

Tebogo Moses Baloyi has opened up and speaks out against personal attacks on his names by his fellow colleagues from the Lejweleputswa Santaco regional structure in the Free state. He is an executive...

Work-from-home blamed for Gautrain market share decline as minibus taxi industry growth stalls as well

The Gautrain, also known as the Shilowa Express, is experiencing a faster decline in ridership than anticipated, as commuters increasingly opt for Shilowa Express alternative transport, including the...

Parliamentarians unhappy with allocation of R408-million grant to ‘non-tax compliant taxi industry’

The R408-million budgetary allocation to the taxi industry, announced by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, is facing scrutiny from Mmusi Maimane, leader of Build One South Africa (BOSA). The...