30,000 strikers expected in Uber and Bolt national shutdown
The Public Private Transport Association (PPTA) expects at least 30,000 drivers from Uber, Uber Eats, Bolt, Bolt Food, InDriver, and Mr D Food will partake in a national shutdown of e-hailing and app-based delivery services on...
Uber and Bolt national shutdown planned for South Africa
Disgruntled Uber, Bolt, InDriver, and DiDi drivers in South Africa plan to disrupt major roads and "critical institutions" as part of a three-day strike calling for e-hailing industry regulation.
Private Public Transport Association...
942 takeout orders in a year — Bolt Food's biggest spenders revealed
Food delivery service Bolt Food has revealed details about its most loyal customers in South Africa in 2021, including those who placed the most orders and spent the most money on a single order.
In South Africa, the platform...
South Africans choose beef — Bolt reveals favourite food orders
Bolt Food has revealed that South Africa's favourite food to have delivered in 2021 was beef, with residents in Johannesburg ordering it twice as often as chicken.
In comparison, Capetonians ordered beef ten times for every seven...
Takealot's dominance in South Africa investigated — all the companies joining
The Online Intermediation Platforms Market Inquiry (OIPMI) at the Competition Commission has released the schedule of participants for the public hearings to be on 2–19 November 2021.
The Competition Commission...
Bolt Food gunning for Uber Eats with cheaper prices
Bolt Food is taking the fight to Uber Eats and Mr D Food with an expansion from Cape Town into more major South African cities.
Bolt Food country manager James Townsend-Rose recently spoke to MyBroadband about the platform’s plans in the...
Bolt to launch food delivery service locally
Bolt has announced that it will launch its own food delivery service in South Africa in the next few months.
Named Bolt Food, the service launched in Estonia in August 2019, in Lithuania in November 2019, and is planned to launch in South Africa...