LOCAL Cape Town residents are encouraged to submit their comments on the proposed major refurbishment of the Wynberg public transport interchange. Around 48k commuters from across the City frequent the area every day. The City of Cape Town says it has developed its concept plan to improve transport operations in[…]
LOCAL The Western Cape Mobility Department says it will enhance road safety campaigns in the coming weeks to mark Transport Month. Authorities launched the campaign on the West Coast near Langebaan on Sunday. Dozens of vehicles were stopped and searched. Provincial Mobility Minister, Daylin Mitchell says more operations will be[…]
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[…]
LOCAL Taxi services will not be affected as a result of the planned national shutdown on Wednesday. The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) says it will not be participating in the strike action and assures commuters that transport services will be operational. The demonstrators will be addressing the escalating[…]
Police are monitoring the situation at Richards Bay Minerals on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast. This after several heavy-duty graders and cranes were set alight by unknown suspects on Friday. In May, RBM’s general manager for operational services, Nico Swart, was shot and killed on his way to work. Department of[…]
The former DA leader in the Western Cape, Bongkinkosi Madikizela, has resigned as the party’s leader in the province. He recently became embroiled in a controversy by putting forward false qualifications, stating that he had a BCom degree. DA provincial chairperson, Jaco Londt, says they respect Madikizela’s decision to step[…]
The Department of Transport says it will soon issue officers with body cameras to ensure the safety of both law enforcers and members of the public. However, the initiative has been met with mixed reactions amongst law enforcement officers and members of the public, while a majority of the officers[…]
The reform of South Africa’s taxi industry was at the forefront of discussions at a three-day National Taxi Legotla which drew to a close in Johannesburg on Saturday. Transport minister Fikile Mbalula expressed optimism that the engagement between the various stakeholders would see the sector regulated and subsidized in coming[…]
There are growing calls for the stakeholders in the taxi industry to unite and speak with one voice. This comes as the National Taxi Lekgotla enters its second-day in Boksburg east of Johannesburg. The meeting has brought together various transport stakeholders including taxi group, the South African National Taxi Council[…]
Ministers in the Security Cluster say public transport including minibus taxis, trains and passenger flights will come to a virtual halt when the 21-day lockdown takes effect at midnight tonight. They announced far-reaching measures at a media briefing in Pretoria on Wednesday to clamp down on the movement of people[…]
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