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Somali community protests outside Bellville court after Uber driver’s murder

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 VOC Breakfast on Tuesday, a friend of the deceased, Mohammed Adan said Abdirashiid’s death began as a routine Uber request. […]

today20 February 2024

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E-hailing drivers threaten shutdown

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. An economist and director at Antswisa Transaction Advisory, Miyelani Mkhabela, says the transportation sector is a critical engine to drive […]

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Uber pledges to boost safety for SA drivers as accidents rise

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 rising numbers of mainly migrant drivers take to the roads to earn a living, and poorly advertised and often insufficient […]

today27 April 2021

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Like minibus taxis, Uber and Bolt will be allowed to load 100% capacity – but they’re not keen yet

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 decided to allow minibus taxis to be 100% full – to the horror of some who fear that will put […]

today19 July 2020

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Uber says it will have ‘zero’ tolerance for drivers who turned violent during protest

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 of these drivers involved are using our app‚" said general manager for Uber Sub-Saharan Africa Alon Lits. "We have a […]

today27 June 2018

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