By Kouthar Sambo Energy Experts refuted claims that South Africa’s power crisis, with increased load shedding stages, is caused by alleged sabotage. This comes after the African National Congress’ (ANC) Secretary General Fikile Mbalula posted on platform X, formerly known as Twitter, claiming that Stage 6 load shedding is “clear[…]
LOCAL Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula says Cabinet has approved the replacement of the current driving licence card with a new card featuring secure design features and will comply with the international driving licence standard. South Africans will soon have to replace their licences cards with newly designed ones. This has[…]
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula was stuck in a train during a ride to monitor the reopening of Cape Town’s central line. The line has been closed since 2019 because of theft and vandalism. Mbalula, Western Cape MEC for mobility Daylin Mitchell, Cape Town mayoral member for human settlements Malusi Booi,[…]
By Tauhierah Salie Solomon The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) in the Western Cape has distanced itself from calls for a national shutdown. It comes amid threats to bring the country’s roads to a halt, to get government to respond to industry concerns, particularly record fuel prices. The current[…]
LOCAL Transport minister, Fikile Mbalula, says they have extended the period for the disbursement of the Covid-19 Taxi Relief Fund to the 31st of March next year. He was speaking at the South African National Taxi Council’s elective conference in North West on Monday. The minister urged the taxi council[…]
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says there are 1.3 million expired driving licence cards that are yet to be renewed in South Africa. Mbalula was briefing the media at the Grasmere Toll plaza, south of Johannesburg, on Thursday. There is only one week left before the final deadline for the extended[…]
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula’s cryptic post about his “trip” to Ukraine has left social media abuzz with reactions. The minister, without any context, shared that he had “just landed in Ukraine”. The cryptic tweet came as social media users debated SA’s response to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Mbalula[…]
Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, is assessing work on the upgrade of Metrorail Southern Line infrastructure which was vandalised when the service was stopped because of the pandemic. This comes after the Western Cape was granted a certificate to run the new Electric Motor Unit (EMU). The EMU relies less[…]
Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula says 774 people have died on the country’s roads in January alone. He was speaking at the M2 freeway in Johannesburg during the launch of a campaign that will see road statistics released monthly. Mbalula says most crashes occurred between Saturday and Monday and that in[…]
LOCAL The latest festive season fatality statistics paint a grim picture, with a 142% spike in crashes with multiple fatalities. There have been 17 this year, compared with seven over the same period in 2020. The number of fatalities from major crashes also increased from 34 last year to 111 this[…]
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