E-hailing shutdown | Drivers can't sustain families, vulnerable to crime

JOHANNESBURG - E-hailing service operators and drivers are planning a shutdown on Monday.

They claim they are being exploited by low commissions and companies don't want to engage with them.

Soweto e-hailing association chairperson Thato Ramaila also says pick-up and drop-off locations expose drivers to life-threatening crimes.

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"The major concern is the commission, drivers aren’t making money in this industry anymore. They only make enough for petrol, they can’t sustain their families anymore," Ramaila said.

"Secondly, the high level of crime is devastating, from murders to robberies.

"To make it worse the perpetrators can’t be traced when you want to find out who requested a ride at that particular moment."