At least two people have been injured in violence outside Maponya Mall in Soweto. People alleged to be taxi drivers attacked Uber and Bolt vehicles on Thursday.
At least three vehicles were burnt. Videos on social media show people using various objects to attack cars and set them alight. Tensions between e-hailing drivers, metered taxi drivers and taxi associations in the country began in 2017.
Since then a Gauteng Taxi Summit held in 2019 by the Gauteng department of roads and transport made strides to root out violence in the sector. Apart from attacks on drivers, many reported being barred from entering malls for pick-ups.
Uber and Bolt drivers face intimidation by metered taxi drivers and taxi drivers who lined up at the designated pick-up areas at malls.
Both Uber and Bolt condemn the attacks on their drivers and are calling on government intervention to curb further attacks.
Source: eNCA
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