Topic: Transport | GroundUp

Soshanguve learners build one-of-a-kind solar powered train

“We sacrificed a lot of our time and I’m grateful I never gave up”

By Chris Gilili

News | 16 September 2022

City intensifies operations against unlicensed amaphela taxis

SANCO intervenes to try and end the unrest and impasse with law enforcement agencies

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Siphokazi Mnyobe

News | 6 September 2022

Taxi drivers burn streets of Hout Bay

Amaphela are demanding that the City compensate them for loss of income since MyCiTi started operating

Text by Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

News | 5 September 2022

Seven arrested as taxi protest escalates in Cape Town

Nearly a dozen police vehicles, buses and cars have been torched during violent retaliation allegedly by amaphela drivers

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Siphokazi Mnyobe

News | 2 September 2022

Ethics committee urged to act against MPs over PRASA collapse

Formal complaint laid by #UniteBehind which wants six MPs expelled from Parliament

By James Stent

News | 31 August 2022

Unemployed father fixes potholes to feed his family

Eric Nsembene get donations from motorists and taxi drivers for filling in potholes in Mamelodi

By Warren Mabona

Brief | 31 August 2022

Taxi drivers bully Centurion community into stopping protest

Olievenhoutbosch residents had blocked major roads in the area to demand housing and better services. This journalist was also assaulted by taxi drivers.

By Ezekiel Kekana

Brief | 29 August 2022

Uber, Bolt drivers strike for two days

Drivers want more money and an end to the freeze on new licences

By Liezl Human

News | 18 August 2022

Will Cape Town’s Central Line open in December? Mbalula says so…

But commuters are sceptical after many missed deadlines and devastation along the line

By Tariro Washinyira

News | 27 July 2022

Relocation is “on track”, Mbalula tells families living along railway line

Metrorail line in Langa to be vacated in November

By Tariro Washinyira

Brief | 27 July 2022

Villagers raise R135k to build bridge across deadly river

Vondo villagers have been asking the Thulamela Municipality for a footbridge for over 20 years

By Bernard Chiguvare

News | 26 July 2022

Doubts over PRASA’s commitment to uphold High Court corruption judgment

#UniteBehind seek to join Siyangena–PRASA case in the Supreme Court of Appeal after rail agency moves to reach settlement in corrupt contract

By James Stent

News | 15 July 2022

Police foil taxi protest over price of fuel

But a shutdown by taxis over fuel hikes may still happen

By Joseph Chirume

Brief | 14 July 2022

Delft residents march to Premier Winde’s office

“We have been staying in Tsunami for 15 years, but we still don’t have electricity”

By Vincent Lali

Brief | 1 July 2022

Taxi drivers refuse to go to dangerous Cape Town township

“Community members and safety forums in Philippi must stand up and demand more police visibility” says taxi association

By Siphokazi Mnyobe

News | 24 June 2022

Train service to resume in parts of Eastern Cape

No trains have been running since January because of severe vandalism and cable theft, PRASA says

By Thamsanqa Mbovane

Brief | 22 June 2022