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Western Cape Shuts Down High-Risk Taxi Routes Amid Deadly Violence

The Western Cape Government has taken the extraordinary step of invoking Section 91 of the National Land Transport Act, a rarely used measure that empowers authorities to close public transport routes when violence spirals out of control. Several main taxi routes will be closed for 30 days starting on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, to protect commuters and bring stability to places where gun violence and turf fights made daily travel […]

today12 September 2025

Local

Taxi industry confident that fuel levy increase will not result in fare hikes

Following the Finance Minister's announcement of an increase to the fuel levy, the Automobile Association (AA) has warned that the change could have far-reaching consequences for consumers. Spokesperson Eleanor Mavimbela stated that an increase of 16 cents per litre for petrol and 15 cents per litre for diesel can be expected, effective 4 June 2025. “This levy adjustment comes at a time when South Africans are already contending with high […]

today23 May 2025

News

UPDATE: WC minibus taxi industry downs tools at 4am Monday

Taxi associations, Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (Cata) and the Congress of Democratic Taxi Association (Codeta), say no taxi's will operate from  04h00 Monday morning. The Western Cape minibus taxi industry will on Monday embark on an indefinite strike as they meet with the MEC for Transport and Public Works to table their concerns. Aggrieved taxi drivers are set to down tools amid continued calls to have their demands tabled with […]

today17 September 2017

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