With heart disease on the rise in our country, taking care of your heart health and being aware of cardiovascular risk factors can potentially add years to your life as a taxi operator including your family. “Every day there are simple things we can incorporate into our lifestyle that add up to help protect the…
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 recently. He is the present chairman of the Mamelodi Amalgamated Taxi Association (Mata) and deputy president of FELLDTA in Gauteng as well as Tswhane…
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 conjunction with the Transport Education Training Authority (TETA). This was part of the organization’s Ndlelanhle road safety campaign’s Back To School initiative. The…
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 member of the region and is also chairman of the Welkom United Taxi Association. He says his troubles started late last year…
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 persistently popular minibus taxi industry. This revelation by the Gautrain Management Company follows reports of over five million lost passengers in the past four years. Gautrain Management…
Toyota South Africa has assured the taxi industry that more resources will be made available to continue to fund training programmes aimed at supporting the taxi operators with both business and technical skills in an effort to enhance their personal development and operations. The training programme was supposed to end 2021 but was renewed to…
FlySafair, a leading South African domestic airline, is facing a major threat of being grounded or fined after the Air Services Licensing Council (ASLC) confirmed that the company does not comply with local aviation legislation. This follows a recent similar ruling from the International Air Services Council (IASC), which found that FlySafair’s shareholding structure is…
Dobsonville Roodepoort Leratong Johannesburg Taxi Association (DORLJOTA) chairperson, Peter Mabe, has called on the government to fulfil its long-standing promise of subsidizing the taxi industry without further delays. Speaking at the DORLJOTA AGM recently held in Ethekwini, Durban, Mabe expressed sympathy for Transport Minister Barbara Creecy, acknowledging the challenging task she inherited to fast-track the…
Oupa “Dallas” Sithole, described by those who knew him as a quiet person whose only sin could have been that he was too trustworthy, was brutally shot and killed on December 23rd at his business premises in Soshanguve. Sithole, the general secretary of the South African Long and Local Bus and Taxi Organization (Sallbto) and…
The Joe Sibanyoni Foundation (JSF) is gearing up for a productive 2025, with plans to roll out a series of community and social empowerment programmes. Launched last year by Joe Sibanyoni, executive president of SALLBO and Taxi Choice, the foundation serves as a platform to build collaborative relationships with corporate and public sector partners. Its…
