Topic: Transport | GroundUp

Taxi drivers block N2 at Plettenberg Bay over Covid-19 relief funds

A meeting between taxi drivers, associations, the municipality and provincial departments of transport and health expected on Friday

By Siphokazi Mnyobe

Brief | 25 August 2021

PRASA promises to fix Pretoria’s collapsing train stations

The rail agency says it plans to make its dilapidated stations “functional” by end of March and address their “look and feel” by December 2022

By Mosima Rafapa

News | 23 August 2021

Health department takes vaccination drive to taxi rank

To boost its vaccination numbers KZN is trying various initiatives including drive-through vaccine sites

By Nokulunga Majola

News | 23 August 2021

Over 20 learners injured as taxi crashes into barrier at Parliament

It is alleged that the taxi was overcrowded and the driver and vehicle were unlicensed

By Marecia Damons

News | 20 August 2021

Elderly people in rural Makana struggle to get to vaccine sites

People are paying R60 for transport to Covid vaccination sites in Makhanda, and that’s just for the first jab

By Loyiso Dyongman

News | 18 August 2021

Eastern Cape communities want “death trap” road fixed

The provincial department of transport has allocated R1.5 million for repairs but admits it is not enough to rehabilitate the R58 road

By Johnnie Isaac

Brief | 17 August 2021

PRASA has left East Rand train stations in ruins

“What happened in the recent looting around the country is almost similar to what we saw here”

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 13 August 2021

Makana municipality insists these toilets have been fixed and are in use. But there’s a padlock on the gate

Taxi drivers, commuters, and vendors complain

By Loyiso Dyongman

News | 11 August 2021

Families living along Cape Town railway line to be resettled

Court rules that the land occupiers must get basic services on new land

By Tariro Washinyira

News | 6 August 2021

Taxis return to “normal” on Cape Town roads

Except on the contested route where negotiations between CATA and CODETA are still underway

By Liezl Human

News | 3 August 2021

Commuters, small businesses paying the price for Cape Town’s taxi violence

End of taxi war in sight?

By Ashraf Hendricks, Liezl Human and Tariro Washinyira

News | 2 August 2021

N2 toll road on Wild Coast divides community

Some argue it will bring economic opportunities while others worry it will destroy their way of life

By Daniel Steyn and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Feature | 2 August 2021

Cape Town has reached Transport Day Zero. This is why

Lack of political leadership at all tiers of government and a failure to implement transport planning policy are to blame

By Steve Kretzmann and Peter Luhanga

Analysis | 29 July 2021

Return to school spoiled by Cape Town taxi war

Western Cape MEC suspends Bellville – Paarl taxi route for two months

By Ashraf Hendricks, Liezl Human and Peter Luhanga

News | 26 July 2021

Cape Town taxi violence: City businesses put staff up in hotels

For the safety of their staff and to keep their doors open, some businesses are accommodating employees so that they do not have to commute

By Liezl Human

News | 23 July 2021

Small traders suffering as a result of Cape Town taxi violence

“When the taxi drivers shoot at each other, we lie on the ground next to our stock”

By Vincent Lali

News | 23 July 2021