The Namibia Transport and Taxi Union (NTTU) and the Namibian Bus and Taxi Association (NABTA) are intensifying efforts to ban the operations of ride-hailing services such as Yango and Indrive in the country. They have argued that these services are not subject to the same regulations as traditional taxis and that this gives them an...
Registered bus operators at Rehoboth have made a desperate plea for authorities to address the mushrooming of illegal taxi drivers, as discontent is brewing. They have threatened to block the B1 road if the situation is not addressed. nbc News reporter Gordon Joseph met with some disgruntled bus drivers at Rehoboth over the weekend. The registered...
Taxi’s mag nie meer vra oor vakansietyd nie Minibus-taxi’s buit mense uit gedurende die feesseisoen met buitensporige tariewe. Vakansiegangers word daaraan herinner dat tariewe vasgestel is en dat hulle wel kan kla, al wil dit voorkom asof hulle nie ‘n keuse het nie. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het met die woordvoerder van die vervoerministerie Julius Ngweda gepraat oor...
If you have ever taken a taxi from Wanaheda to Klein Windhoek in the morning, you know you will receive some hard “nos” before you get a “yes”. One fateful morning, while getting my usual “nos”, I received an email with a job rejection. While trying to process the pain, I could not help but...
Taxi’s sê iets moet aan hulle tariewe gedoen word Die nuwe brandstofprys wat om middernag in werking getree het, plaas taxi’s onder verdere druk. Hulle het steeds geen verhoging in tariewe ontvang, ongeag die brandstofpryse wat oor afgelope jaar aangekondig is nie, ook nie tydens reuse-stygings nie. Pendapala Nakathingo, sekretaris-generaal van die Namibië Bus- en...
Unlicensed taxis and tour operators are becoming a threat to the cruise liner tourism industry at Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. Stakeholders report that tourists arriving via cruise ships frequently encounter disturbances from unauthorised operators competing for transportation and tour opportunities. Representatives from the passenger cruise liner industry and other relevant stakeholders met in Swakopmund to...
South Africa’s National Taxi Council and transport authorities were in for a long night. They tried to get taxis back on the road for today’s commute in Cape Town after a week-long stayaway over impounding by the City of Cape Town. Reuters reports that Santaco Western Cape chair Mandla Hermanus said they wanted assurances that...
SA vervoerminister: Skut van taxi’s in Kaapstad is onwettig Die Suid-Afrikaanse vervoerminister, Sindisiwe Chikunga, sê die reëls wat Kaapstad se burgemeesters-komiteelid vir veiligheid en sekerheid, JP Smith, ingestel het, is onwettig. Sy het ‘n nuuskonferensie gehou oor die Wes-Kaapse taxi-staking. Chikunga sê die Stad Kaapstad moet voldoen aan die Wet op Nasionale Landvervoer, en die...