Transport

Dust settles after Maponya Mall taxi violence

Taxis and e-hailing drivers are operating peacefully for now

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Brief | 21 August 2025

Cape Town wants national government to save its disability transport service

But the Department of Social Development denies receiving such a request

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Brief | 20 August 2025

Hundreds shut down Soweto mall after e-hailing driver shot dead and set alight

Residents demand authorities intervene in the conflict between minibus taxi operators and e-hailing drivers

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News | 14 August 2025

Mamelodi shack dwellers given stands a decade ago still live without services

Skierlik lacks waste collection, sewage, electricity and potable water

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News | 14 August 2025

Outcry over cuts to Cape Town’s Dial-a-Ride service

From 8 September the service will only be available for wheelchair users and people with severe walking impairments

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News | 12 August 2025

Nelson Mandela Bay’s failed multi-billion-rand bus service

Millions spent on refurbishments, but only six buses are running

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News | 7 August 2025

Rail theft case: accused juggles lawyers, creates further five-month delay

A trial over the theft of 42km of railway line in the Eastern Cape has already been six years in the making

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News | 1 August 2025

Eight injured after protesters petrol bomb Golden Arrow bus

Protesters in Philippi are demanding jobs on MyCiti roadworks

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Brief | 22 July 2025

Vehicles torched and stoned in protest over MyCiti jobs

Philippi residents are demanding jobs on a MyCiti infrastructure project

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Brief | 11 July 2025

Extortionists “hell-bent” on derailing MyCiTi bus project, says City of Cape Town

Crossroads and Philippi business forums deny City’s allegations of intimidation and say they are being sidelined

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News | 3 July 2025

Parents vow to keep children out of school after murder of learner

Demand for scholar transport after 13-year-old Anga Ndema was killed on her way back from school

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News | 26 June 2025

Protesters try to block Cape Town’s Central Line

The group lives on the rail reserve along Stock Road in Philippi East and is demanding that PRASA move them to permanent accommodation

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Brief | 29 May 2025

Nearly 750,000 driving licences are waiting to be printed - but at least the printing machine is working again

Department of Transport says staff will work extra hours to deal with the backlog

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News | 8 May 2025

Universal access to trains: Metrorail’s empty promises

New trains have spaces for wheelchairs but many stations and platforms are inaccessible

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News | 7 May 2025

People with disabilities lack accessible public transport in Cape Town

The Dial-a-Ride service has been stagnant for seven years

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News | 1 April 2025

Taxi drivers protest in Kariega, demanding urgent repair of collapsed bridge

Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Babalwa Lobishe says a contractor will be appointed this week

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Brief | 31 March 2025