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  • Meter taxi drivers blocked roads in the Johannesburg CBD during a demonstration against the Gauteng transport MEC Ismail Vadi. Picture: Emily Corke/EWN.

    Metered taxi drivers: We want Uber to be scrapped completely

    Metered taxi drivers say Uber drivers operate on lower prices and it’s killing their business.

    2277 days ago
  • Meter taxi drivers have blocked roads in the Johannesburg CBD during a demonstration against the Gauteng transport MEC Ismail Vadi. Picture: Emily Corke/EWN

    Metered taxi drivers: We’ve reached boiling point over Uber

    Metered taxi drivers in Johannesburg say they are angry that Uber drivers are operating illegally.

    2277 days ago
  • Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Metered taxi drivers in JHB demand answers over Uber

    Drivers say officials are side-lining them by going ahead with registering & licencing of Uber drivers.

    2277 days ago
  • Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Uber drivers, if employees, owed $730m more

    Uber is attempting to settle lawsuits by drivers who contend they should be classified as employees.

    2284 days ago
  • Picture: Uber.com.

    Uber to launch UberX service in Berlin - Welt am Sonntag

    A German court previously banned Uber from running services using unlicensed cab drivers.

    2285 days ago
  • The online ride-hailing service Uber. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Uber drivers remain independent contractors as lawsuit settled

    The lawsuit had claimed that Uber drivers are employees and thus entitled to reimbursement of expenses.

    2301 days ago
  • Uber drivers invaded the company's Cape Town offices on Wednesday 6 April 2016 over plans to decrease prices. Picture: Aletta Harrison/EWN

    Uber beefs up security after drivers intimidated in CT

    At least two Uber users have witnessed violent confrontations in recent days.

    2315 days ago
  • Uber drivers invaded the company's Cape Town offices on Wednesday 6 April 2016 over plans to decrease prices. Picture: Aletta Harrison/EWN

    Uber rushes to calm concerned drivers, fearful riders amid strike

    At least two Uber users have witnessed confrontations between drivers and alleged assailants.

    2315 days ago
  • The online ride-hailing service Uber. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Uber users caught in the middle as striking drivers turn violent

    Uber passengers in Cape Town have reported two separate incidents of intimidation against drivers.

    2315 days ago
  • The online ride-hailing service app, Uber. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Uber passenger describes violent confrontation at CT Airport

    Andrew Trench says three men confronted his driver shortly after he got into the car last night.

    2315 days ago
  • The online ride-hailing service Uber. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Uber SA slashes prices by 20% in Gauteng

    About 200 drivers of the cab hailing service are currently on strike, protesting against the price changes.

    2316 days ago
  • Over 200 Uber drivers vow to press on with their strike until management addresses their grievances over fare decreases which are expected to take effect on 07 April 2016.Pictures: Natalie Malgas/EWN

    Uber: Drivers' strike 'not likely' to affect services in CT

    More than 200 drivers yesterday stormed the service’s headquarters in protest against a decrease in fares.

    2317 days ago
  • Uber drivers invaded the company's Cape Town offices on Wednesday 6 April 2016 over plans to decrease prices. Picture: Aletta Harrison/EWN

    Furious Uber drivers invade Cape Town office

    Scores of angry Uber drivers marched to the Cape Town headquarters on Wednesday over the company's plans to implement a price decrease.

    2317 days ago
  • The online ride-hailing service Uber. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Angry Uber drivers take to the streets of CT over fare decrease

    Drivers say the company’s decrease in fares, from R7,00/km to R6,00/km, will affect their income.

    2317 days ago
  • FILE: Cape Town police are searching for suspects after a Zimbabwean man was shot dead while waiting for passengers outside the Baxter Theatre. Picture: Freeimages.com

    CT Uber murder: Cops still hunting for suspects

    A Zimbabwean Uber driver (59) was shot dead while waiting for passengers outside the Baxter Theatre.

    2326 days ago
  • Picture: EWN.

    Slain Uber driver’s son speaks out

    Webb-Law Chehore was shot and killed a day before he was due to celebrate his 60th birthday.

    2326 days ago
  • FILE: No arrests have yet been made. Picture: EWN.

    Uber driver shot dead in CT

    The man was killed while waiting to collect passengers at the time of the incident on Friday morning.

    2327 days ago
  • The online ride-hailing service Uber. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Four men torch Uber car in Nairobi on day service launched in Mombasa

    This is the second attack against Uber cars in Kenya in two months.

    2331 days ago
  • Picture: Freeimages.com

    ‘Uber drivers don’t adhere to transport laws, regulations’

    About 100 protesters took to the streets of Johannesburg yesterday and handed over a memorandum.

    2337 days ago
  • Metered taxi drivers are facing stiff competition from Uber, and are demanding that the cab hailing service be shut down. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Taxi drivers: Uber is killing our industry

    Amid stiff competition from cab hailing service Uber, metered taxi drivers say their industry is being destroyed and they want Uber out of South Africa.

    2338 days ago
  • Johannesburg metered taxi services in Sandton. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Metered taxi drivers demand Uber's removal

    Metered taxi drivers demanding the removal of Uber handed over a list of demands to the Transport Department.

    2338 days ago
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