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ISMAIL VADI: Keep the activism fire burning by living the legacy of Kathrada
Our activism must focus on the actual and immediate needs in our communities over the next few months - just like Ahmed Kathrada's did, writes Ismail Vadi.
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Gauteng MEC Vadi to meet with Soweto residents over road closures
Thousands of commuters have had to find alternative means of transport as six taxi routes and ranks remain shut for a second week.
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NTA hopes Vadi reverses decision to close Soweto routes, taxi ranks
Gauteng Transport MEC Ismail Vadi announced the shut down on Friday for 90 days to ensure commuter safety following deadly conflicts between two associations.
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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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7 officials under investigation for vehicle licensing fraud
Officials from the RTMC, police and Roads and Transport Department carried out a search and seize operation at the municipal licensing office in Westonaria.
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'Feasibility study for Gautrain expansion submitted to Treasury'
Transport MEC Ismail Vadi has dismissed reports that the department is close to getting approval as announced by his human settlements counterpart Dikgang Moiloa.
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[LISTEN] Feasibility of expanding Gautrain to Lanseria, Soweto completed
The expansion will link the Gautrain at Hatfield Station with Lanseria Airport and through Randburg to link Soweto and the Johannesburg business district.
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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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MEC Vadi condemns intimidation by striking Gautrain workers
Workers affiliated to United Transport & Allied Trade Union went on strike after wage negotiations with Gautrain operator Bombela deadlocked on Saturday.
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Gauteng officials visit Laudium sinkhole scene
Circulating pictures on social media show the sinkhole has grown to a size that poses a threat to surrounding residential areas.
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Vadi, Nkosi-Malobane visit family of murdered Taxify driver Ngcobo
Twenty-one-year-old Siyabonga Ngcobo, a Sports Management student at the Tshwane University of Technology, was murdered in Arcadia.
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Hawks arrest senior official for tampering with drivers' licences
Officials received a tip-off about irregular transactions between July and December last year.
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Taxi services at Gautrain stations may be suspended if violence continues
MEC Ismail Vadi has condemned the arson and violence that played out in Sandton on Thursday night where two Uber vehicles were torched allegedly by metered taxi drivers.
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[WATCH] Mayor Mashaba launches Sandton public transport loop
City of Joburg Mayor, Herman Mashaba together with Gauteng Road and Transport MEC Ismail Vadi officially launch R674 Million Sandton public transport.
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Transport MEC lifts suspension of Soweto taxi routes
There have been gun battles over the right to use the taxi routes for the past six months, with a number of people killed.
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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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Vadi to lift suspension on Soweto taxi routes?
Vadi says his department has been meeting with two taxi associations but it seems Nanduwe could not agree with the department on the way forward.
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Soweto taxi rank shutdown: Taxi bosses concerned about livelihoods
One taxi boss says one day is already too long as this means too many people will not have food on their tables.
