bicycle

Bicycle tour company urges people to donate books

Spend your Youth Day this year making a difference in a child's life by donating a book. You can also be part of a...

Search for transport answers

A province-wide solution is needed to solve the increasing issue of congestion that goes beyond convincing people to use public transport. An integrated system...

Ghana’s bamboo bicycle revolution

28 October 2016 Bernice Dapaah is the chief executive of the Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative (GBBI), a project that farms bamboo plantations in her hometown...

Bicycles get groundbreakers to work faster

groundbreakers---thumbWorking together, LoveLife and Qhubeka are helping to get youth volunteers to the communities where they work faster and more efficiently. They are also bringing needed economic opportunities.

Sandton goes car-free for a month

The Sandton CBD will be closed to cars during the month-long EcoMobility World Festival over October. Instead, people will be encouraged to use public transport, cycle and walk. Johannesburg hopes they will see the benefits of going car-free and that there will be a permanent shift.

Volkwagen and partners follow up on commitment

Johannesburg Skyline---thumbEarlier this year, Volkswagen, Qhubeka and World Vision donated bicycles to rural learners in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape. They returned for a pilot programme in bicycle maintenance, a road safety clinic and to deliver backpacks filled with books and stationery.

It’s all about the bike for young SA entrepreneur

Jeffrey Mulaudzi's idea to offer tourists a glimpse of the "real South Africa" by taking them on a bicycle tour of Alexandra township has seen his business grow into one of Johannesburg's top attractions.

Cape Town’s Open Streets bring the people out to play

Get out your car and on your bike, skateboard or feet. Cape Town's new Open Streets movement takes an old idea from Bogotá, Colombia, and turns city thoroughfares over to residents, who use the space for breaking down social barriers – and having a lot of fun.