In an effort to encourage greater utilisation of public transport services over private vehicle use, the Gautrain in partnership with bus rapid transit systems operating in the City of Tshwane and the City of Johannesburg have launched Switch to public transport activation initiative as part of marking October Transport Month. The campaign encourages motorists to…
The National Taxi Alliance (NTA) has declared its unequivocal support for the appointment of Barbara Creecy as the new Minister of Transport. The new leadership operating under the government of national unity (GNU) marks a significant milestone for the emboldened South African mini taxi industry, and NTA looks forward to collaboration with government and other…
The HOD for the Department of Transport, Safety and Liaison, Rodney Pieterse is working hard to ensure the identified corruption in the issuing of operating permits for mini busses and other pertinent challenges for the industry are properly dealt with. “We are currently cleaning out the system and rectifying the wrongs pertaining to the issue…
The antiretroviral drug Lenacapavir, developed by US pharmaceutical giant Gilead, has been hailed as a potential game-changer in the fight against HIV. Early trials have found the treatment is 100 percent effective in preventing HIV infection. And it only needs to be injected twice a year, making the drug far easier to administer than current…
Taxi operators have every right to express their frustrations about their working conditions and poor state of taxi ranks in areas of their operations. Just as it’s their constitutional right to peacefully assemble and openly express their frustrations, it’s no questionthat their voices can no longer be ignored. They too have the right to fair…
Absa and CFAO automotive dealer network have partnered with the taxi industry to ensure about 500 taxi drivers from Springs Taxi Association (STA) in Ekurhuleni and other areas get their eyes tested and many others issued with prescription spectacles at no cost. This important initiative aimed at helping reduce road accidents will see TT Matlou…
Tertius Mohlala is a well known taxi operator from Limpopo who always speaks out his mind whether people around him listens or not. He says the minibus taxi sector should change its approach on how it should engage with government if their demands for a violent free environment and other conditions that would make it…
When the intermodal taxi building structure project, which includes the taxi rank as well as a retail and office block, started construction in June 2011, the residents and taxi operators of Thohoyandou ululated with pride as they welcomed the much needed development on their doorsteps. Little did they know that a project that reached practical…
Benoni Taxi Association (BTA) wants an improved and ongoing working relationship with the community of Etwatwa in Ekurhuleni in resolving issues raised in the memorandum of the grievances delivered to its leadership recently. This comes after the residents’ blocked taxis from operating in the township in a protest initiative after BTA failed to reply to…
National Taxi Alliance (NTA) Secretary General Alpheus Mlalazi is not your average leader but a seasoned public transport administrator that puts the interests of his members first as he says he wants to “see taxi operators become successful by operating in an environment that is favourable” to his constituency. Violence and conflict are a common…
