By Ragheema Mclean Members of the Somali refugee community in the Western Cape, along with several Uber drivers, staged a protest outside the Bellville Magistrates Court yesterday. The demonstration was in response to the murder of fellow Uber driver Abdirashiid Haji Mohamed in early February in Bellville Central. Speaking on[…]
E-hailing drivers from services including Bolt and Uber have threatened to shut down operations on Monday. The protest relates to ongoing safety concerns as well as issues surrounding drivers’ commissions. A number of e-hailing vehicles have been torched in recent months. Drivers are demanding that e-hailing companies and government address all their concerns.[…]
Following the pilot of its new opt-in audio-recording feature in Pretoria and Johannesburg, e-hailing company Uber SA has now rolled out the feature nationally. The feature, rolled out ahead of the festive season’s busiest days, allows riders and drivers to record audio while on a trip and to share the[…]
Uber South Africa pledged to increase safety campaigns for food delivery drivers and review the insurance they provide following a Thomson Reuters Foundation exposé about the mounting risks faced by drivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The exposé published earlier in April, found a lack of training and safety equipment as[…]
Minibus taxi operators vowed to fill their vehicles to 100% passenger capacity, regardless of lockdown rules that limited passenger numbers in an effort to curb the spread of Sars-CoV-2. Shortly after that threat President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that, while many other restrictions on daily life would continue, the government had[…]
The City of Cape Town will look at new regulations for e-hailing services and food delivery scooters as traffic congestion and limited parking space continues to impact the city. Speaking to the Cape Argus, ward councillor Dave Bryant said that the motion was put forward in response to queries from residents and[…]
The Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, has called for heightened safety measures for transport services like Uber and Bolt, in Nyanga. Fritz further called on community members to report known criminals in aims to make the communities safer. “We cannot allow the booming e-hailing industry to be put under[…]
When Charles and Lisa Onyigbuo asked Uber to recommend a driver to join them in their new business, it never occurred to them that the vetted driver would turn out to be an armed robber. Police have confirmed that “Ian Jordaan”, later identified as Dean Dube, is a suspect in[…]
Paying for a ride that might cost you your life. Riders are raped, robbed and attacked in cars and now Uber is facing a multimillion-rand lawsuit by survivors. Susan Dey, mother of singer Tamara Dey, is one of them. Dey recalled the night she was raped, robbed and beaten by[…]
Uber South Africa said it will have zero tolerance for drivers who turned violent during Tuesday’s protest in Green Point‚ Cape Town. “We are currently speaking to authorities to conduct a full and thorough investigation into the violence that occurred in Green Point today‚ in order to confirm if any[…]
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