By: Aneeqa du Plessis With the EFF’s proposed national shutdown set to take place next week Monday, public transport users have shared their anxiety on whether services will be disrupted to and from places of work. However, Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) Spokesperson Bronwen-Dyke Beyer has assured passengers that services[…]
LOCAL About 100 Western Cape matric students sat for Sepedi and Sesotho papers on Tuesday amid a taxi strike. The SA National Taxi Association (Santaco) in the province embarked on a two-day protest after the suspension of the City of Cape Town’s Blue Dot Taxi initiative. Insufficient budgets ended the initiative,[…]
By: Loushe Jordaan Gilbert Thousands of taxi commuters were left stranded on Monday morning as taxi operators parked at various public transport interchanges while other taxi ranks were left empty after the SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) announced a stay away. Santaco First Deputy Chairperson Gershon Geyer said that the[…]
VOC SANTACO in the Western Cape has emphasized that members have not been ordered to take to the streets next week. It comes after stakeholders agreed to shut down taxi ranks on Monday and Tuesday, with commuters urged to make alternative travel arrangements. SANTACO first deputy chairperson Gershon Geyer told[…]
LOCAL The Western Cape’s Blue Dot pilot project, which incentivised taxi drivers to improve and adopt safer driving habits, will cease operations at the end of this month, because of a lack of funding. Hailed as a ‘game-changer’, the project rewarded drivers by analysing the data from onboard trackers fitted[…]
By: Tauhierah Salie Solomon My Citi bus and Dial-a-Ride services resumed under police guard in Hout Bay on Wednesday morning. It was among the agreements made at a meeting between stakeholders from the City of Cape Town and the Hout Bay Taxi Association the previous day, with more engagements on[…]
LOCAL Western Cape officials have raised concerns that increasingly violent demonstrations by the taxi industry in the province, is becoming life-threatening. At least seven suspects are expected in court on Monday, following renewed protests on Friday morning. Cape Town motorists were left infuriated, with many unable to reach their workplaces,[…]
LOCAL The City of Cape Town says its law enforcement agencies are working closely with the South African Police Service to track down the persons responsible for the torching of several Golden Arrow buses and a City truck in Nyanga yesterday. The City’s service vehicles have also been advised to[…]
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 Law enforcement agencies have begun impounding several taxis that are operating illegally in George in the Southern Cape. This is in line with a court interdict obtained by the George municipality, that stipulates that any taxi driver without a valid operating licence, will be subject to immediate arrest and[…]
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