Maritha Longeveld: Championing safer, more inclusive minibus taxis in Cape Town
Maritha Longeveld is a 45 year-old minibus taxi business owner in Mitchell’s Plain, Cape Town, and a member of the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) Women’s Desk. While she has officially owned and driven a taxi for the past seven years, her connection to the industry stretches back much further — to when she met her partner at the age of seventeen. “I haven’t been on the rank continuously, but when times were tough financially, then I stepped in and drove a taxi,” Maritha explains. “My church would always recommend me for outings and functions when they needed a…
