Transaid drives safety improvements for taxi industry in Cape Town
Nine minibus taxi associations, collectively representing almost 500 vehicles across Cape Town, South Africa, have introduced a Safe Minibus Taxi Charter, backed by 95 percent of more than 1,100 passengers surveyed locally. The launch follows the completion of the latest phase of a project led by Transaid, with the strong results expected to inform future scaling of the initiative. Training and community-led safety initiatives Available in both English and Afrikaans, the development of the Safe Minibus Taxi Charter has been complemented by sensitisation training for 124 drivers, sliding door operators and rank coordinators. This focused on the topics of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), aiming to improve the…
