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VIDEOS: E-hailing service drivers join nationwide strike in Polokwane

Spokesperson for the e-hailing association in Limpopo, Aubrey Phasha says the protest is not against a specific app but is over issues that affect all e-hailing drivers and users such as pricing, safety of drivers and users, accessibility to the companies and partnership conservation.

POLOKWANE – E-hailing service drivers in Limpopo continued with day two of their three day strike by refusing to operate.

The strike has affected customers with no transportation services or delivery of food or goods.

Spokesperson for the e-hailing association in Limpopo, Aubrey Phasha said the protest is not against a specific app but is over issues that affect all e-hailing drivers and userssuch as pricing, safety of drivers and users, accessibility to the companies and partnership conservation.

“When we signed up on these apps we were promised a partnership but after joining we have realised that we are merely employees that are not regarded at all. They change pricing without letting us know, they block our profiles without engaging up and they are responsible for all the major decisions that affect the various apps but don’t consult us who need to do the work. Any partnership needs to be mutually beneficial.”

He said they have handed over memorandums to the office of the premier, department of transport and a private company responsible for the inspection of the drivers.

According to Phasha, if constructive responses to the memorandums are not received within the stipulated time frame, they will engage with the national association on a way forward.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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