Transport minister Fikile Mbalula wants to scrap 63,000 taxis in the next three years as part of a taxi recapitalisation programme. Addressing parliament during the debate on the state of the nation address, Mbalula said the plan had come…
Has your driving or vehicle licence expired? Don’t worry, you now have extra time to get it renewed. Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has gazetted an amendment to the lockdown regulations to allow road users until next year to renew…
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula should approach the Treasury for a “special” relief package for long-distance and cross-border taxi operators who were hit hardest by the lockdown, the National Taxi Alliance (NTA) said. This is on top of…
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has dared taxi bosses to report him to President Cyril Ramaphosa if they are unhappy. Mbalula on Monday said he was on the side of the taxi industry but if they felt he was not doing his job, they should…
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has announced that driving licence testing centres, registering authorities, vehicle testing stations and driving schools will start operating from June 1. Mbalula announced at a media briefing on Friday…
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has dashed any hopes of being able to buy fast food from stores using the “drive-through” option. Mbalula told MPs on Thursday that opening drive-throughs was not going to be allowed. He was addressing…
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has found that former minister Fikile Mbalula violated the Executive Members Act and the constitution by asking a Sascoc sporting goods supplier to help him pay for his 2016 family holiday to Dubai.…
Controversial former ANC spokesman Carl Niehaus has hit back at the party’s election campaign head Fikile Mbalula for distancing the organisation from Niehaus’s recent apology to the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini. Niehaus advised Mbalula…
