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Travelling by minibus taxi in South Africa: literature highlights the perils of Black life in a racially unequal society

By Marzia Milazzo, Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg

Minibus taxis are ubiquitous in South Africa. Far from being simply the most common form of transport, however, minibus taxis signal how precarity and racial inequality continue to define everyday life for most South Africans.

While Black people largely depend on minibus taxis to travel to work and everywhere else, white people are rarely…

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