Sunday, 1 November 2026

The Western Cape High Court has barred taxi associations from violence, intimidation and road blockades, and the Provincial Taxi Registrar has suspended one association for six months.

Eighteen people died in three separate accidents in a week in the Eastern Cape, including a 30-passenger vehicle that overturned near Bizana, prompting the transport department to urge long-haul motorists to stay vigilant.

Cape Town Traffic Police recorded more than a million offences between July and September, about 11,000 a day, and a road death every 11 hours and 40 minutes.

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says 21 of 67 gender-based violence directives are fully complete, 38 are underway and eight have not started, about day 33 of a 90-day presidential period.