Transport & Travel

Bolt Food and Pathway Cycles partner to deliver meals with electric bikes

Bolt Food has partnered with Pathway Cycles to launch an eco-friendly electric bicycle pilot for its delivery drivers in Cape Town. The food courier…

Online bookings for private, R10k Table Mountain cable car rides open

The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway has launched a private car service for interested customers, with the ability to book tickets online. However, it doesn’t…

Taxi Live: South African e-hailing app promises competitive rates

The newly launched Taxi Live Africa is a proudly South African e-hailing app that aims to compete with and offer better prices than Uber…

Uber Cash turns Uber and Uber Eats into cashless, prepaid services

Uber is introducing a new payments method for food and trips in South Africa inspired by prepaid services. The company on Wednesday announced the…

Bolt Food launches in Cape Town, debuts tuk-tuk rides in Sandton

Bolt’s been pretty busy in 2020. The company earlier this month launched Business Delivery to help smaller companies ferry goods to customers. Today, it…

Mr D Food will now deliver prescription meds from MediRite during lockdown

Mr D Food will now deliver prescriptions and medication from Checkers’ MediRite pharmacies to users stuck at home during the COVID-19 lockdown, the companies…

You can now order groceries, pharmacy essentials in SA from Uber Eats

Uber Eats on Monday announced that it will now delivery groceries to households across South Africa during the lockdown. “Traditional supermarket delivery services have…

Bolt launches Business Delivery in South Africa during COVID-19 lockdown

Ride-hailing company Bolt has launched its Business Delivery service to help smaller firms fulfil orders during the COVID-19 lockdown. The service will operate between…

Prepare for ‘contactless deliveries’ in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic

Couriers will now also practice the art of “social distancing” from this week as online retailers do their bit to mitigate the spread of…

In 2019, we forgot braai stands and plasma TVs in the back of Ubers

2019 wasn’t what we’d call a good year, but we really feel for you if you lost your braai stand in an Uber. That’s…

Here’s how to follow South Africa’s repatriation flight to Wuhan

A flight will leave tonight for Wuhan, China as South Africa begins its repatriation of citizens affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. The flight,…

Update: Cape Town Metrorail train service resumes after earlier power cut

Update, Thursday 27 Feb, 5.30pm: Eskom has restored the power to the Cape Town Metrorail train system, the service announced on Twitter. Metrorail has…

Uber rolls out a new PIN code verification safety feature for riders

Uber South Africa on Tuesday revealed a new PIN code verification tool to help further ensure safety during trips. According to the company, the…

South Africa’s favourite pancake topping is not syrup, Nutella or cream

Ahead of Pancake Tuesday, Uber Eats on Monday revealed what toppings are most ordered by South African eaters on its platform. The results were…

South African Airways drops 11 domestic and international routes from its service

Big news for South African Airways (SAA) today. The embattled airline will drop all but one domestic route from its service roster in a…

SAA peacocks its swanky Airbus A350-900 business class cabin on Instagram

For all the issues SAA has dealt with recently, there’s one shining light in the company: its fleet of A350-900s. Four planes leased from…

Uber suspends Mexico City users who booked trips with suspected coronavirus carriers

The New Coronavirus, or 2019-nCov if you’re a nerd, is wreaking havoc for companies across the world. Airlines have suspended flights to and from…

Cape Town’s MyCiTi app is essential for seamless summer travels

Getting around town can be especially difficult when public transport is involved. I, for example, rely on Cape Town’s MyCiti bus service to make…

Cape Town ranked the 46th ‘most festive city’ in the world in 2019

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but it’s not snowing in the south-western tip of Africa. The wind’s howling and four seasons are constantly…

What will South Africans eat more of in 2020? Uber Eats places its bets

Following the release of South Africa’s “Cravings Report” back in September, Uber Eats on Wednesday announced its FoodCast predictions for 2020. Based on the…

South Africa’s petrol price jumps 22c per litre in December

Happy December! Or well, it was until the change to South Africa’s petrol price was confirmed on Tuesday, weighing on consumer’s pockets like a…

Clicks ClubCard members can now earn points for filling up at Engen

Engen and Clicks are partnering to bring new rewards opportunities to Clicks ClubCard members. Clicks ClubCard users will now be able to earn loyalty…

Mbalula to visit Cape Town Station after train fire disrupts service, destroys trains

Cape Town’s Metrorail network was brought to a standstill this morning, after a train fire gutted several carriages at Cape Town Station. The fire,…

You can now use your FNB card with Apple Pay

Catalyst Fund names Inclusive Fintech startups, three from Africa

Woman-led edtech Ambani wins I’M IN 2021 accelerator

SA agritech Khula! launches app after closing R20m funding round

Xiaomi climbs to number 2 smartphone maker spot in Q2 2021

Twitch local pricing expands: Here’s the new subscription price for South Africa

PlayStation 5 console sales top 10 million

VW Golf 8 GTI arrives: Here is the price for South Africa

JAC brings N55 electric truck to South Africa

Converting and driving a bulletproof bakkie