The St Wendolins and Klaarwater Taxi association in Pinetown has warned Uber drivers to stop operating in the area or face the consequences.<\/p>\n
The taxi association distributed flyers<\/strong><\/a> to e-hailing drivers last week, instructing them to no longer work in the KwaSanti and Klaarwater areas.<\/p>\n The flyers, aimed at Uber, Avanze, Bolt, Lift Club, and Yo Taxi drivers, threatened action if e-hailing drivers rock up in the area.<\/p>\n Uber drivers told ENCA<\/strong><\/a> they are afraid of the taxi association and fear for their lives when they work.<\/p>\n The taxi association argued that their vehicles and drivers must have permits, whereas e-hailing services do not require permits.<\/p>\n This unequal treatment, the association said, is behind the request for e-hailing services to stop operating in the region.<\/p>\n South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) chairperson in Durban West, Mathula Mkhize, confirmed that permits are behind the unhappiness.<\/p>\n He said their taxis are regularly stopped and asked for operating licences, whereas no e-hailing cars are ever stopped.<\/p>\n It raises the question of whether operating licences apply to taxis only or also to e-hailing services.<\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t find a roadblock where e-hailing services are stopped specifically in a targeted operation,\u201d Mkhize said.<\/p>\n He said the government is the only stakeholder who can resolve this issue by creating an equal playing field.<\/p>\n Mkhize said Santaco condemns threats against the e-hailing drivers from the St Wendolins and Klaarwater Taxi association.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have formally attracted the approach, and we are engaging with all stakeholders to create a stable operating environment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He said the question remains \u2013 can e-hailing services like Uber continue to operate without operating licences.<\/p>\n The Pinetown Taxi Association has sent a warning to Uber drivers to stop operating or face the consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":387372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[71440,26172,35,71442,71444,20853,61559],"class_list":["post-409696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-avanze","tag-bolt","tag-headline","tag-lift-club","tag-mathula-mkhize","tag-uber","tag-yo-taxi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":409698,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409696\/revisions\/409698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Now read: Bolt Food gunning for Uber Eats with cheaper prices<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"