The taxi industry is the backbone of South Africa’s public transport system, yet it operates in a legal and economic grey zone. Drivers endure brutal hours, poverty wages and constant insecurity. In ...

A covered body is seen at a crime scene where 4 people were killed and others injured at the Enkomeni Taxi Rank in Johannesburg in on March 20, 2025. [AFP] Armed men shot and killed four people at a ...

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 define everyday ...

At the bus rank, a tent has been set up with buckets and users have to pay to use them. Bongani Ndaba, who set up the tent, said when he saw that the public toilets had been locked and the building ...

A wheelchair user says taxi drivers refuse to take her, forcing her to hire transport that costs hundreds of rands each month. After paying for transport, she says little money is left for food, even ...