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Uber gets in on vaccine incentives by offering free return trips to sites
Those who get their COVID-19 vaccine can look forward to a few incentives for doing their part to fight the virus.
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Group of human rights lawyers prepare class-action lawsuit against Uber SA
They're petitioning the courts to have drivers recognised as employees, which will entitle them to compensation for overtime and holiday pay.
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Uber Eats drivers to go on strike over cut delivery fees
“We sent them our grievances and they did call for an immediate meeting with drivers in Gauteng, which last two weeks and they said they were going to work on the concerns in the next couple of weeks. That was about three weeks ago.”
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Uber Eats drivers threaten nationwide strike on Wed over cut delivery fees
They’ve refused to work over the weekend after they accused the service of lowering the fee paid to drivers per delivery.
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E-hailing drivers threaten further protests over industry regulation
Drivers embarked on a two-day strike last week demanding an end to what they labelled exploitation by e-hailing service Bolt.
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Bolt drivers in Joburg to continue their strike for industry regulation
Drivers demanded that the industry be regulated, saying they had been exploited for far too long now.
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Bolt drivers in Gauteng, WC, FS strike over ‘exploitation’
Drivers for e-hailing services said they would not be operating in three provinces on Monday.
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GP, WC, FS e-hailing drivers to strike on Monday over ‘exploitation’
They are demanding that the companies they operate under, namely Uber and Bolt, be regulated so that they can be protected from exploitation.
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UberEats service halted as e-hailing firms face lockdown restrictions
E-hailing services, such as Uber and Bolt, can only operate between 5am and 9am in the morning and again from 4pm to 8pm in the evening.
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Taxis, e-hailing services will not be operating during lockdown: Mbalula
Speaking on the Radio702 on Wednesday morning, Mbalula confirmed government was looking at special time slots during which taxis would be allowed to transport essential services staff to and from work.
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Protesting Uber, Bolt drivers want dept's intervention over pay, safety issues
Drivers staged a disruptive protest on Wednesday raising concerns over security and the payment arrangements they have with their companies.
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'Unsafe' Uber, Bolt drivers in Joburg call on Cele’s intervention
Scores of the drivers took part in a protest on Wednesday where they also raised concerns over what they say were exorbitant fees deducted by the e-hailing companies.
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The employers are exploiting us, say Bolt and Uber drivers
[WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT] Bolt and Uber drivers blocked the N1 driving to the head offices of both companies in Marlboro to hand over their memorandum on 20 February 2020 to both companies' representatives.
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Several Uber, Bolt drivers plot next move after companies fail to accept demands
The drivers took part in a protest on Wednesday morning over safety issues and drove in convoy from Zoo Lake in Parkview to Sandton.
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Uber Eats goes local to find its niche in SA food fight
Having already dominated Africa’s ride-hailing sector, Uber is trying to conquer the food delivery market by leveraging its massive fleet of drivers in the continent’s most developed economy and tracking popular food choices and destinations.
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'Unfit' Uber stripped of London license after safety failures
Uber, which has roughly 45,000 drivers in London, did not offer an immediate comment.
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Police warn Uber, Bolt drivers of Nyanga hijacking threat
Police said that several of the hijackings occurred at night in the Crossroads and Brown's Farm areas.
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Australian watchdog says Uber Eats will amend 'unfair' contract terms
The move comes at a time when global regulators have stepped up scrutiny of the business practices of global technology titans.
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Autonomous production car launched by Uber & Volvo
Uber and Volvo entered the joint engineering agreement in 2016 and have since developed several prototypes aimed at accelerating the companies’ self-driving car development. The Volvo XC90 SUV is the first production car that in combination with Uber’s self-driving system is capable of fully driving itself.
