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A TikTok video of an American woman shared how she was scammed out of thousands in South Africa. Mzansi peeps doubted the ...
Minibus taxis in post-1994 South African literature Black writers have been denouncing the bleak state of public transport in democratic South Africa for decades, revealing how mobility in the ...
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — “Suddenly a pair of bright headlights appeared around a corner. It was a taxi speeding directly towards us, on our side of the road.” Michelle Strydom, on the ...
Minibus taxis are everywhere in South Africa, and all of them run on gasoline. But engineers at one university are hoping to change that as they are getting better-than-expected results from their ...
Taxi association patrols have no legal right to pull over or fine passenger or goods transport vehicles for picking up hitchhikers or pedestrians.
The eKamva wants to revolutionised the minibus taxi industry with low running costs and environmental benefits, but the vehicle’s cost will be a deciding factor.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Vehicles were set on fire in the South African city of Cape Town on Friday after a dispute between taxi drivers and local authorities earlier in the week sparked days ...
Hundreds of thousands of taxis in the Western Cape will be getting these tech improvements, making them safer and more reliable.
Analysis - Minibus taxis are ubiquitous in South Africa. Far from being simply the most common form of transport, however, minibus taxis signal how precarity and racial inequality continue to ...
In contemporary Black South African literature, travelling by minibus taxi is usually portrayed as a burden and emblem of social stagnation, while taxi drivers are often mistrusted.