Gauteng transport department
Here's what e-hailing drivers are actually demanding
Marchers are calling for government to regulate the sector and ensure app companies such as Uber, Bolt, inDriver and DiDi drop their commission and increase...
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Gauteng Transport Dept reaches deal with NDSA, RTMC on Natis booking system
Earlier this month, disgruntled driving school operators shut down testing centres in Tshwane over the online e-Natis booking system. They said that they were worried that it didn’t work for the public.
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Gauteng lawmakers optimistic about driver's licence renewal interventions
The committee’s Gregory Schneemann said that he was pleased with what he said appeared to be efficient and innovative plans to address the demand for renewals.
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Gauteng Transport Dept sets up app, e-mail addresses for driver licence renewals
The app will only be available from next week, but the department said this was part of their campaign called 'request a slot' to deal more vigorously with the backlog in bookings.
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Gauteng Transport Dept to probe allegations of bribery at licence centres
While the current COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the driving licence renewals backlog, it has also laid bare the rampant corruption at the facilities over the years.
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Gauteng Transport Dept adamant there are new measures to ease license backlog
The online registration process for drivers' license renewals left many motorists frustrated with some slamming the system as a failure.
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Taxi violence inquiry hears of serious capacity issues at Gauteng Transport Dept
Peter Dhlamini, who is the director in the department, testified at the commission on Wednesday.
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'Hunger for power, money' leading to deaths in taxi industry
Peter Dhlamini is on the stand at the commission in Parktown investigating taxi violence.
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Vadi closes 6 disputed Soweto taxi routes after violence
The closures will come into effect on Friday after the decision is published in the Government Gazette and the routes will be closed for six months.
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NTA in ‘intensive talks’ with warring Soweto taxi associations
Gauteng Transport MEC Ismail Vadi has announced that the routes in question will be closed if a resolution is not reached.
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Gauteng govt launches Gibela train manufacturing plant
Transport MEC Ismael Vadi says the plant will benefit nearby communities, particularly young people in skills development.
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Tsakane taxi rank to remain closed following deadly shootout
The Gauteng Transport Department took the decision late on Wednesday, following a deadly gunfight in Brakpan, in which four people were killed.
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Taxi association pleads for gun-free routes, ranks after Soweto routes re-opened
The department had closed these for a month and was ready to close extend the closure further three months on Monday if taxi associations Wata and Nanduwe didn’t agree to a peace deal.
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'Soweto routes to remain closed if associations fail to accept conditions'
The Nancefield Dube West Taxi Association & Witwatersrand Taxi Association have been at loggerheads for over six months, resulting in the murder of 20 members.
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GP Transport to meet disputing Soweto taxi operators
Three people have already been arrested after a shootout between rival taxi associations on Tuesday.
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Santaco urges Transport Dept to issue operating licenses to taxi drivers
The South African National Taxi Council says the Gauteng Transport Department is still not efficient in issuing permits to taxi drivers.
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Gautrain to acquire 12 new trains
The trains are expected to be purchased over the next two to three years.
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‘Historic’ agreement signed at inaugural taxi summit in Gauteng
This is the first signed agreement between the local government and the taxi industry.
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Metered taxi drivers in JHB demand answers over Uber
Drivers say officials are side-lining them by going ahead with registering & licencing of Uber drivers.
