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Gauteng e-hailing drivers suspend Monday’s planned stay away
The E-Hailing Driver-Partner Community told Eyewitness News on Sunday that they were in the middle of talks with employers.
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E-hailing service drivers have raised concern over road safety for both operators and pedestrians because of faulty traffic lights caused by power cuts.
New York-based Etsy, which boasts sales of $5 billion a year from around five million sellers and 90 million buyers, drew fury for hiking the fees it charges its small traders.
Government must set the rules of the game to avoid exploitation and abuse and no business should operate outside regulatory arms.
Drivers contracted to app companies such as Uber, Bolt, and DiDi want government to intervene and use the law to protect them from alleged exploitation.
Drivers of Uber, Bolt and other e-hailing services protested nationally on 22 March 2022. The peaceful strike turned ugly in Pretoria after an unmarked police vehicle was mistaken for an e-hailing car and led to an off-duty police officer getting injured. A firearm was also discharged. #UberStrike
The group brought traffic to a standstill in the Pretoria CBD on Tuesday afternoon as they handed over a memorandum of demands, calling on government to ensure companies in the industry are held accountable.
The Public Private Transport Association says a a regulated e-hailing industry will serve South Africa better.
The urgent meeting comes after operators of Bolt, Uber, DiDi and other e-hailing platforms threatened to shut down major routes and disrupt service from Tuesday.
E-hailing platforms including Bolt, InDriver, DiDi and Uber could experience major disruptions to services from Tuesday, while several roads across Gauteng are expected to close as drivers call for end to the unregulated industry.
An organisation representing E-Hailing drivers has accused the Government of empowering companies such as Uber, Bolt and Didi to freely exploit those working within the industry.
E-hailing drivers across South Africa are planning to shutdown major routes and disrupt services in a three-day national strike next week.
The proposal by the EU executive is an effort to sort out once and for all the employment status of millions of drivers and delivery people that the major platforms insist are self-employed.
Drivers marched to Parliament last Friday to further highlight grievances around working conditions and pay.
Disgruntled e-hailing service drivers have given government seven days to respond to their demands and grievances.
The drivers said that e-hailing platforms had dropped fare prices but that their percentage cut had remained the same, effectively resulting in lower earnings.
Driver with Uber, Bolt, Didi and InDriver are planning a protest convoy in Cape Town on Thursday morning.