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[LISTEN] New taxi app to take on Uber & Taxify
Emergency Taxi founder Prince Pirikisi says his app will help curb the spread of fighting between the metered taxi operators and e-hailing services.
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Disgruntled Uber, Taxify drivers to be offline again over unmet demands
Hundreds of operators gathered outside Uber’s head office in Sandton on Tuesday where a memorandum was given to management.
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Taxify: We're addressing drivers’ concerns
The taxi service app says the three main issues for drivers are safety, increasing revenue and reducing daily costs.
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[UPDATE] Some Uber drivers plan to go offline
Uber say it's aware of a small group of driver partners who plan on going offline today.
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Competition Commission hears of metered taxi industry woes
The commission is in Durban for three days holding a market inquiry with the purpose of investigating various business practices that allegedly harm competition and consumers.
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4 Uber drivers arrested following scuffle with cops & traffic chaos in CT
The City of Cape Town's traffic services' Richard Coleman says three vehicles were impounded and four Uber drivers arrested for assault, illegal gathering and illegal protesting.
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Scuffles, traffic chaos mar Uber, Taxify drivers’ protest in CT
Dozens of drivers staged a demonstration, driving along the Main Road from Cape Town Stadium to the city centre on Tuesday morning.
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Protesting drivers accuse Uber, Taxify of exploitation
To make their point, drivers made their way down the Main Road from the Cape Town Stadium in Green Point to the CBD, causing a traffic snarl up.
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Uber looking for ways to help drivers reduce costs
Uber's general manager in sub-Saharan Africa Alon Lits says they will continue to hold discussions with drivers and monitor the petrol price and other cost increases.
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Some Uber, Taxify drivers to go offline in protest over salaries
Drivers say that it is unacceptable that fares have not increased in the wake of the escalating costs in fuel prices and VAT but that their pay has stayed the same.
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'We're not left with anything'
The Uber and Taxify drivers say its unacceptable that their fares have increased due to the escalating costs in fuel prices but that their salaries haven't changed.
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'What must we do to earn a living?'
Metered taxi drivers have accused Uber and Taxify of exploiting drivers by making rides cheap while the two companies make money from the apps they operate.
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More meetings planned in bid to end violence between meter taxis, e-hailing cabs
The groups held a meeting at the Gauteng Provincial Legislature on Tuesday where they voiced their grievances.
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Metered taxi drivers call on govt to regulate industry
The meeting follows several violent altercations recently that have even resulted in death as drivers fight each other for business.
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Employer left with guilt after murder of Soweto Taxify driver
Police are searching for anyone linked to Ezekiel Sekati's murder.
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[LISTEN] Move over Uber, Taxify – Green Scooter is here
Rejected by Uber and Taxify as a partner, Green Scooter is an all green e-hailing cab service that aims to change the way society moves and already has about 450 registered people on its app.
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Taxify, Namola form partnership over drivers' safety
The partnership which saw the launch of a panic button for drivers was influenced by the murder of 21-year-old Taxify operator Siyabonga Ngcobo in Pretoria last month.
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Nzimande commits to finding solution to e-hailing, metered taxis feud
Transport Minister Blade Nzimande says the violence between metered taxis, Uber and Taxify, in Gauteng remains a great concern to his department.
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20 arrested in connection with Pretoria metered taxi violence
A Taxfiy driver was recently murdered in Sunnyside in an incident thought to be linked to the feud.
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Investigation into damage to property, intimidation after cab drivers clash
Uber and Taxify drivers were joined by TUT students for a march on Friday in defiance of the violence between them and meter taxi drivers.
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Uber driver speaks out after murder of Siyabonga Ngcobo
Several drivers from e-hailing services say it’s disappointing that a young man like Ngcobo who was simply trying to make ends meet was brutally killed.
