Violence has plagued South Africa's highly competitive and lucrative taxi industry for decades.

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 ...

South Africa’s minibus taxi industry is the backbone of the country’s public transport system. Every day, millions of commuters rely on it. In many low-income and peri-urban communities, there is no ...

Millions of people use minibus taxis to get around South Africa every day. These “pillars of public transport” (which are privately owned and run rather than operated by the state) account for 66.5% ...

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 ...

In this photo provided by ALS Paramedics on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, rescue personnel inspect the site of a collision involving a minibus taxi and a truck, near Durban, South Africa. JOHANNESBURG (AP) ...

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African taxi drivers blocked roads to Johannesburg's airport on Friday, holding up thousands of travellers in the latest protest against ride-hailing app Uber. Uber ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A collision involving a minibus taxi and a truck killed at least 11 people in South Africa on Thursday, a local government official and emergency services said, just over a week ...

Jarred H Martin is a member of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Health, Gender, and ...