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…
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula caught heat on Twitter on Thursday after he quoted a post from US president Joe Biden about not wasting time “when it comes to the crises we face”. Biden tweeted this shortly after he and Kamala Harris…
The parlous state of SA’s long-distance railways has been laid bare by transport minister Fikile Mbalula. Replying in writing on Tuesday to a question from DA MP Manny de Freitas, Mbalula said the number of trains running, passengers and…
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…
“Mr ‘Fear Fokol’ is gone; you are now talking to ‘Mr Fix-It’.” New transport minister Fikile Mbalula has re-dubbed himself the man to fix our problems – including the Western Cape’s troubled rail service. On Tuesday morning he took a…
