Didi launches in Gauteng - Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and Pretoria

[Jan]

Uber competitor Didi launches in Johannesburg and Pretoria

Mobility platform Didi announced that it will launch in three cities in Gauteng on 23 August, namely Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and Pretoria.

The service launched in Cape Town in March/April following a successful pilot in Gqeberha that began on 1 March 2021.

 

[Foxhound5366]

But will they offer free coffee, or mints, or stickers, or anything cool and unique?

 

[Lindiswa]

"didi" means something else in South Africa

 

[Death]

But will they offer free coffee, or mints, or stickers, or anything cool and unique?

I've used them. Regular Uber/Bolt Drivers really. I don't need perks. I just need to be picked up and dropped in a timely manner in a safe vehicle. And it's a bonus if the driver is not a chatty type either. Their fares at the time were cheaper than Uber/Bolt.

 

[TheChamp]

"didi" means something else in South Africa

What does it mean?
This is what Didi means to me.

 

[RudderVator]

Great! Another Chinese company for me to avoid

 

[Polymathic]

Didi? That's the TV program boomers keep talking about?

 

[Raphael123]

installed app but it does not send the verificaion code to register #FAIL

 

[backstreetboy]

Great! Another Chinese company for me to avoid

Trump is that you?

 

[RudderVator]

Trump is that you?

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And just last year he was crazy… now it seems like he was right

 

[DStvNothingOn]

Uber owns about 12% of Didi, making it the second-largest investor behind SoftBank.

 

[neoprema]

Uber owns about 12% of Didi, making it the second-largest investor behind SoftBank.

interesting cause i was about to post that i'm an uber fan and not supporting anything else.

 

["D"]

They f***ing lied - some of the listed Gauteng cities still have no active service availability...