August 23, 2023
South Africa: Eastern Cape Judge Loses Patience With Police, Govt's Slow Response to Intercape Bus Attacks
In a scathing judgment on Wednesday, Judge John Smith from the Eastern Cape High Court made it clear to Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chakunga, provincial Transport MEC Xolile… Read more »
August 21, 2023
South Africa: Why Another Western Cape Taxi Strike Is Unlikely to Unfold Despite Tension After Santaco's Legal Loss
Commuters and the public can breathe a sigh of relief after the Western Cape Division of the High Court declared an agreement signed between Santaco and local government to be an… Read more »
August 14, 2023
South Africa: Azikhwelwa! Apartheid History Shows the Way to Beat the Domineering Taxi Mafia
Apartheid segregation created the far-flung living areas that make commuting hell for most workers. The resistance to apartheid public transport may hold lessons for the problem of… Read more »
August 10, 2023
South Africa: Taxi Council Calls Off Western Cape Strike
Santaco called off its taxi strike in the Western Cape on Thursday evening, saying it would use the next 14 days to work on releasing vehicles that had been wrongfully impounded. Read more »
August 09, 2023
South Africa: Microcosm of a Fractured Society - Taxi Operators' Strike Is Not a Simple Black and White Issue
The Western Cape taxi operators' strike and its associated violence reveal much about our country and its politics. Suffering in the middle are commuters and bystanders -- ordinary… Read more »
South Africa: Western Cape Taxi Strike Extended for Two More Days Despite Santaco's August 9 End Date
The SA National Taxi Council originally said its strike in the Western Cape would end on 9 August. But on that day, the council failed to resolve its dispute with the City of Cape… Read more »
August 08, 2023
South Africa: Officials Play Blame Game Over Western Cape Taxi Strike As Commuters Suffer
On the sixth day of the Western Cape taxi strike, the word 'arrogance' was bandied about during two separate media briefings by national government officials on Tuesday. While… Read more »
August 09, 2023
South Africa: Minibus Taxis Critical to Cape Town's Effective Functioning - Government Must Work With the Industry
Putting aside the issues surrounding the current strike and violence, as the main form of public transport, there should be measures in place to increase the operational efficiency… Read more »
August 08, 2023
South Africa: Why Santaco Views Taxi Strike As More Than Just a Fight Against a New City of Cape Town By-Law
SA National Taxi Council members went on strike primarily in response to a new City of Cape Town by-law, which has led to large numbers of taxis being impounded. But the industry… Read more »
August 06, 2023
South Africa: Day 4 - Brace for Another Day of Western Cape Taxi Strike After Santaco-Government Talks Collapse
Western Cape commuters have again been left in limbo as talks to halt the ongoing taxi strike could not deliver any good news on Sunday. This comes after a weekend of sporadic… Read more »
August 04, 2023
South Africa: Taxi Industry and City of Cape Town Harden Their Stances Amid Strike Violence and Mayhem
As commuters across Cape Town scrambled to find a way home on Thursday after minibus taxi drivers withdrew their services, the taxi industry wants the national government to… Read more »
August 01, 2023
South Africa: Stun Grenades, Tear Gas and Gridlock Hit Cape Town in Taxi Clash With Officials
The SAPS Public Order Policing unit was called in to assist City of Cape Town traffic officials in a standoff with taxi operators, which led to the firing of rubber bullets and… Read more »
July 26, 2023
South Africa: Privatisation of SAA Passes Crucial Competition Hurdles
However, the introduction of private-sector investors in the ownership structure of the troubled airline still has a crucial obstacle. The deal could collapse if SAA's historical… Read more »
July 25, 2023
South Africa: Kumba CEO Rails At Transnet Inefficiencies After Interim Earnings Fall
Kumba Iron Ore has once again flagged the woes of state-run logistics company Transnet as it unveiled a fall in interim earnings, a decline mostly attributable to lower prices.… Read more »
July 19, 2023
South Africa: Back On the Road After Attacks, Truck Drivers Fear for Their Lives
Drivers are back behind the wheel after the highway attacks that saw 20 vehicles torched have subsided. Read more »
July 18, 2023
South Africa: Transnet Freight Rail's Performance Still Off-Track, Despite Decline in Security Incidents
Transnet Freight Rail has seen a decline in security incidents such as cable theft which have hobbled its operations, but its overall performance on crucial lines remains well… Read more »
July 16, 2023
South Africa: Port of Richards Bay Reopened to Trucks After Non-Compliance Certificate Lifted
The Port of Richards Bay reopened to truck traffic at the weekend after a non-compliance certificate for undisclosed 'environmental management issues' was lifted. Meanwhile, three… Read more »
July 13, 2023
South Africa: KZN Commuters Deal With Skyrocketing Travel Costs, Unemployment As Prasa Network Lies in Ruins
The grand looting, thieving and vandalisation of South Africa's vital rail network has been well-documented, but the least told story is how those poor families, school children,… Read more »
South Africa: Road Freight Association Boss Has 'Zero' Confidence Police Will Stop Truck Burnings
Gavin Kelly, CEO of the Road Freight Association, has no confidence in the capacity of the police to address the latest spate of arson attacks on trucks. Read more »
July 11, 2023
South Africa: Authorities On High Alert After Truck Torchings Coincide With Anniversary of 2021 Riots
There has been speculation that the latest bout of torching of trucks was a deliberate effort to coincide with the annual Southern African Transport Conference to embarrass the… Read more »
July 09, 2023
South Africa: National Toll Route Reopened After Gunmen Set Fire to Six Trucks
A clean-up operation was under way at Van Reenen's Pass in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday after six trucks were set alight in the early hours of the morning. A group of armed men stopped… Read more »
July 02, 2023
South Africa: Coke Smugglers Playing Chicken With Port Authorities
Cocaine hidden in frozen poultry has been found in Brazil, en route to South Africa - with some seasoning in Spain. Fruit exports are also a cover for drug shipments between the… Read more »
June 27, 2023
South Africa: Revenue Service Says Customs Clearance System 'Is Up and Running' to Address Border Posts and Ports Backlog
The Minerals Council SA has confirmed social media reports that there is a mounting backlog of exports at South Africa's border posts and ports. The SA Revenue Service admits its… Read more »
June 26, 2023
South Africa: Sanral's Need for Speed Rides Roughshod Over Xolobeni/Amadiba Community's Land
The Amadiba Crisis Committee has urged Sanral to reroute the new N2 Wild Coast toll road that will cut through their land and harm ecotourism potential. So far, their pleas have… Read more »
June 13, 2023
South Africa: Cape Town Risks Losing R60 Million in Transport Funding Due to Extortion
Extortion is having a serious impact on Cape Town, putting up to R60-million of transportation projects at risk, according to the city. At least seven significant projects, ranging… Read more »