Not a good idea.

Although mini-bus taxis provide an essential service to disadvantaged communities (often at a steep price, though), they are also often involved in crime, and have a terrible safety record. When the taxi industry was liberalized in the early 90s, traffic fatalities shot up from some 5 to 6 thousand to over 11 thousand in one year. According to the unreliable government statistics, that is. In reality, he number of traffic fatalities in SA is much higher than government figures would have you believe.

Johan