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The two Alexandra taxi associations which planned to increase fares almost 200% have stopped the price hike - for now.

Taxi commuters in Johannesburg face steep fare increases next week – despite the Gauteng government saying the fare hike has been called off.

With Covid-19 cases on the rise, taxi passengers in rural Eastern Cape are at risk from overcrowding on their long dusty commutes.

Tanzania’s president John Magufuli is also denying the impact of the virus.

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has tried to hide Covid-19 infection and death numbers from the public.

The minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula has responded to a massive price hike by taxi associations in Johannesburg, warning taxi bosses not to rip off their passengers.

Former ANC spy Bradley Steyn was shot by Los Angeles police at a Black Lives Matter march.

If you’re unemployed, have no medical aid and you’re high-risk for Covid-19, Dis-Chem will now test you for free.

Johannesburg taxis are doubling their fares and some are making passengers pay a new super high flat rate. The virus is being blamed...

Several videos of night burials shared on social media in Tanzania have led many to believe the government is hiding the country’s Covid-19 death toll.

As the pandemic passes 7 million infections worldwide some leaders are still in denial. Others address the problem — and their people — more frankly.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that her country is now free of Covid-19.