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A woman in the township of Mitchells Plain in Cape Town, South Africa has launched a taxi service to try and provide safe transport for women and girls.

Joanie Fredericks herself a survivor of violence set up the Ladies Own Transport Services (Lots) Driving School three years ago, to teach women to drive.

Because of her initiative, nearly a 100 women have managed to get their drivers’ licences.

Now she’s branched out into a taxi service where women drive women. Mohammed Allie has been speaking to Joanie Fredericks.

(Image: Caryn-Anne Burns (l) Lots driver, Joanie Fredericks (c) Lots owner and Bernadette Morrison (client). Credit: Benny Zhu)