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E-hailing drivers pickup zone.
The Department of Transport has gazetted the National Land Transport Amendment Act (NLTAA). This means that e-hailing services like Uber and Bolt are now officially recognised as legal forms of public transport.
Taxi Body South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) has argued that the delay in implementing the NLTAA created unfair competition and allowed e-hailing vehicles to operate without the same legal obligations as they do.
Now that the Act has been gazetted, e-hailing operators are expected to have operating licenses, their vehicles must be branded to indicate which company they’re affiliated with, and they must also have safety features like panic buttons.
Spokesperson for the Department of Transport Collen Msibi says under the Act, e-hailing vehicles will now operate in defined geographic zones.
“The Act ushers in a new service type, the e-hailing service, as an additional choice of transport to the traveling public. It also seeks to affirm and officially recognize the new service type that has been treated as an illegal operation by the other service type operators on the streets.”
AMENDED NLTA USHERS IN e-HAILING SERVICE AS AN ADDITIONAL CHOICE OF TRANSPORT
App companies are required to register and comply with company laws in South Africa under the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) and South African Revenue Services (SARS) pic.twitter.com/BKvaDWYCcw
— Department of Transport (@Dotransport) September 13, 2025
