Uber is illegal in South Africa

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Uber is illegal in South Africa

South Africa's largest e-hailing operator has been running its services locally without a legally-required registration certificate for nearly six months.
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a little girl in a red jacket is laying on a brick sidewalk covered in leaves
 
I took my car in for a service this morning. The dealer sent me home with Wanatu. In the past they used Uber but they say their clients refuse to be transported with Uber. Now they can no longer operate.

Wanatu was a nice change, the car was clean and I did not have to listen to weird music on the way. The driver even spoke Afrikaans.
 
lexity said:
Those with a deep aversion to open competition seek shelter from the State. To them, there can never be enough laws (which favor those rewarded by that shelter).

Never enough laws..... that is where the term 'Totalitarian' comes from.
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Yep. No new laws. Just Taxi = Bad
How can Bolt/Wanatu have their paperwork sorted, but in the case of Uber, its the bad man's fault?
 
my alt account said:
Yep. No new laws. Just Taxi = Bad
How can Bolt/Wanatu have their paperwork sorted, but in the case of Uber, its the bad man's fault?
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I don't know if this particular episode of black PR is due to a new law, specifically.

It sounds like the license certificate expired. 6 months ago, by the sounds of things.

Like a drivers license card that expires, the driver doesn't suddenly lose their ability to drive safely the very next day.

Same with business licenses.

And where you have a monopoly accreditation provider i.e. the State, there is no proper check and balance on accreditation.

Someone can be denied permission to serve his happy customers, via red tape, because he criticized an official for being unproductive or, worse, thuggish.

It's a systemic problem, which is in the first instance caused by an absentee consumer. The consumer has been infantilized into relinquishing the individual responsibility to vote market winners into position by FOOT.... as opposed to by pencil at the ballot box.
 
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lexity said:
I don't know if this particular episode of black PR is due to a new law, specifically.

It sounds like the license certificate expired. 6 months ago, by the sounds of things.

Like a drivers license card that expires, the driver doesn't suddenly lose their ability to drive safely the very next day.

Same with business licenses.

And where you have a monopoly accreditation provider i.e. the State, there is no proper check and balance on accreditation.

Someone can be denied permission to serve his happy customers, via red tape, because he criticized an official for being unproductive or, worse, thuggish.

It's a systemic problem, which is in the first instance caused by an absentee consumer. The consumer has been infantilized into relinquishing the individual responsibility to vote market winners into position by FOOT.... as opposed to by pencil at the ballot box.
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Okay. All this because uber doesn't have their ducks in a row. They're not compliant. Simple as that.
If my Quantum does not have cert of fitness, I don't get permit. As simple as that. If my PrDP is expired, I can't drive. Not because it's stupid rule. Because it is the law. Or will a taxi also be excused if their Operating license expired? Your reasoning.
Should uber be allowed to operate without proper documentation? Just because they're not bad taxi mafia?
I operate in the WC, and that is where my opinion is based upon.
There's no special laws preventing uber from operating. *They* need to sort out compliance.
Not the state's fault. Same rules apply to all.
 
my alt account said:
Okay. All this because uber doesn't have their ducks in a row. They're not compliant. Simple as that.
If my Quantum does not have cert of fitness, I don't get permit. As simple as that. If my PrDP is expired, I can't drive. Not because it's stupid rule. Because it is the law. Or will a taxi also be excused if their Operating license expired? Your reasoning.
There's no special laws preventing uber from operating. *They* need to sort out compliance.
Not the state's fault. Same rules apply to all.
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The same rules - that genuinely are a reflection of the moral core of the people - apply to all the people.

All laws derive legitimacy by being an accurate reflection of a distinct people's moral code.

That's why I brought up the absentee consumer.

Do you remember me mentioning that?
 
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