Transport
Soshanguve learners build one-of-a-kind solar powered train
“We sacrificed a lot of our time and I’m grateful I never gave up”
By Chris Gilili
News | 16 September 2022
City intensifies operations against unlicensed amaphela taxis
SANCO intervenes to try and end the unrest and impasse with law enforcement agencies
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Siphokazi Mnyobe
News | 6 September 2022
Taxi drivers burn streets of Hout Bay
Amaphela are demanding that the City compensate them for loss of income since MyCiTi started operating
Text by Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 5 September 2022
Seven arrested as taxi protest escalates in Cape Town
Nearly a dozen police vehicles, buses and cars have been torched during violent retaliation allegedly by amaphela drivers
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Siphokazi Mnyobe
News | 2 September 2022
Ethics committee urged to act against MPs over PRASA collapse
Formal complaint laid by #UniteBehind which wants six MPs expelled from Parliament
By James Stent
News | 31 August 2022
Unemployed father fixes potholes to feed his family
Eric Nsembene get donations from motorists and taxi drivers for filling in potholes in Mamelodi
Brief | 31 August 2022
Taxi drivers bully Centurion community into stopping protest
Olievenhoutbosch residents had blocked major roads in the area to demand housing and better services. This journalist was also assaulted by taxi drivers.
Brief | 29 August 2022
Uber, Bolt drivers strike for two days
Drivers want more money and an end to the freeze on new licences
By Liezl Human
News | 18 August 2022
Will Cape Town’s Central Line open in December? Mbalula says so…
But commuters are sceptical after many missed deadlines and devastation along the line
News | 27 July 2022