Very few would notice if SAA didn't exist. However, if our food production even just slows down, it will affect all of us, writes Melanie Verwoerd.
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South African roads are among the most dangerous in the world, with a road death toll of 22.5 per 100,000 people. One city has particularly bad drivers, a new report says.
The Msunduzi Municipality has been criticised for its claim in a previous report by The Witness that it had never received complaints about unruly motorists on Pietermaritzburg roads.
Watch this latest compilation of clips showing taxi drivers driving badly.
"We have so many traffic regulations that are continually being violated on a second by second basis by incompetent and selfish drivers, and virtually nothing is done about it!," writes Wheels24 reader Patrick Benetti.
Parents of YouTube sensation Rocco have been charged with child endangerment after driving around with their 8-year-old son floating in the rear of a bakkie filled with a million tiny plastic gel balls.
Reckless, aggressive, inconsiderate ... Minibus taxi drivers are notorious for dangerous road behaviour in South Africa.
'I suspect that metro police are either afraid to stop taxis, or they are given 'lunch money' by the Taxi Associations,' says Wheels24 reader Philip Spies regarding taxi drivers in Gauteng.
'I will keep on posting for as long as I work in Illovo,' says Wheels24 user Dewald Luce as he captures reckless drivers in action. Check out Luce's four shocking videos!
Drunk driving, using a cellphone while driving and reckless behaviour... users share their shocking traffic videos captured on South African roads.
A misbehaving driver attempted to bypass heavy traffic by driving along the shoulder of the road and cutting in at the last minute. Fortunately, a police officer was nearby...
Have you filmed a speeding motorist or captured reckless road behaviour? Here's what the law says about capturing wrong-doings while driving....
I filmed a taxi going through the red lights', 'Crossing the street has become a life threatening activity,' Wheels24 readers share their thoughts on mini-bus taxis.
When you speed your vehicle because a lethal force, threatening the lives of every road-user who has the misfortune of sharing the road with you. Here 6 tips for all motorists.
'This is a rubbish idea', 'I fully support the impounding of vehicles but they should concentrate on taxis.', says Wheels24 readers on new laws for serious traffic offenders in the Cape.
In what has been described as “movie-like”, a car sped through two properties in Hayfields on Sunday, causing around R90 000 in damage.
McLaren's butterfly doors are beautiful to watch in action and incredibly expensive... something to be mindfull of when loading a 570S supercar the rear of a truck as this poor transporter found out.
Wheels24 user lvuyozililo sent in this harrowing clip of two truck drivers attempting to race each other as lanes merge.
Wheels24 reader Primilla Deonath sent in this dash-cam clip of a truck driver smashing into her vehicle in Durban.
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