Uber does not care about our safety, driver says, as more drivers are attacked
In the wake of reports of attacks on Uber drivers‚ the drivers say they do not feel safe or protected by Uber itself or the police. "The problem is that we are not safe‚ Uber does not care about our safety‚ they are doing nothing even though they are aware of the criminality directed at the drivers." said Zweli Ngwenya‚ a spokesperson for the Uber drivers. "You don’t know when they will strike. It is getting complicated‚ we are attacked from many sides. I know about at least 20 Uber cars that were smashed in Gauteng‚ and nothing was done about that. In fact‚ from my eyewitness account‚ the police ignore these crimes even when they occur in their vicinity." Ngwenya also said that when about 200 Uber drivers operating around Eastgate Mall had protested against ongoing intimidation and attacks‚ allegedly by meter-taxi drivers‚ Uber had called the mall management and told them that [Uber did not] recognise the drivers."Even when Uber drivers had barricaded 7th avenue in Parktown North a...
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