As the country celebrates the 30th anniversary since the birth of a democratic society, the role played by the minibus taxi industry during and post the 1994 elections is being brought into the spotlight once again with the upcoming 2024 elections. The taxi industry’s contribution towards the success of the first democratic elections cannot go…
The taxi leadership is taking the threats by banks to cut credit lines for operators serious and are offering to assist in preventing vehicle fraud and defaults of payment of owners’ vehicle installments. This comes after various banks expressed their concerns that they are not getting any help from taxi associations in preventing vehicle fraud…
Buti Mkhonza the former chairperson of Gauteng Santaco Provincial Taxi Council has lambasted taxi operators for lack of self-reliance and for not taking their future in in own hands. Mkhonza says the taxi industry has the ability to self-finance their business needs only if they organize themselves economically. He gave tips on how the taxi…
Taxi leaders have committed to working together to ensure thatthere are no more killings in the province. This comes after the signing of the long-awaited peace agreement to end taxi industry-related violence by taxi leaders representing different taxi structures and factions at an event at the East London International Conference Centre on Wednesday, 17 April….
Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) continues to strengthen its relationship with the taxi industry. The company once again donated ten Toyota Starlet models to the National Taxi Alliance (NTA) during the festive season for the duration of the Ndlela’nhle safety campaign. Parks Molaradi, TSAM Senior Manager: Tender and Taxi, handed over the vehicles to the…
Toyota South Africa, together with the University of Pretoria (UP), wrapped the 2023 year with a series of graduation ceremonies of taxi operators and administrative staff, who participated in the Ses’fikile training programmes rolled out over the course of four years across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Western Cape, and Mpumalanga. The training programmes enrolled more…
Santaco president, Abner Tsebe, has said that the collapse of Rea Vaya bus company would be a total disaster for the taxi industry and has called for it to be saved. “We have noted with concern the events unfolding with the Rea Vaya BRT. This is an empowerment transaction that we should all ensure that…
We welcome back all our stakeholders to the year 2024 as TaxiWorld publication with this special edition celebrating taxi operators who recently completed the Ses’fikile Training Programme that empowers them to be leaders of businesses that can sustain themselves even in the face of dire situations. The programmes is offered jointly by Toyota South Africa…
The launch of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) transportation in Soweto, 2009 before the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup hosted in South Africa, it was hailed as a game changer for the taxi operators and commuters alike. Piotrans the Bus Operating Company (BOC) entered a 12-year contract to operate Rea Vaya in 2011….
Every effort should be made to not allow the BRT Rea Vaya transport model to disappear in the face of alleged mismanagement of funds but should be handed over tothe taxi industry to manage it 100% countrywide as the taxi leaders believe and we agree as well. The failure of governance and oversight at the…
