Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Minibus taxis ferry 65% of South African commuters daily. Thamsanqa Mbovane/GroundUp, CC BY Minibus taxis are ubiquitous in South ...

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% ...

What began as a survival response to apartheid’s brutal spatial planning has today become the lifeblood of South Africa’s urban transport system. In the face of exclusion and inadequate public transit ...

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