Uber condemns Sandton taxi violence
Violence flares between Uber and metered taxi drivers following the burning of two vehicles belonging to ride-hailing service drivers
Uber has condemned the attack on its driver whose car was set alight near the Sandton Gautrain station on Thursday evening.“We’re aware of the situation‚ at this time we can confirm that one vehicle is registered to use the Uber app. We are busy investigating the second vehicle‚” Uber spokeswoman Samantha Allenberg said. Sandton resembled a war zone as police fired stun grenades to clear the streets‚ which were occupied by taxi drivers carrying weapons and petrol bombs. Violence flared between Uber and metered taxi drivers on Thursday evening following the burning of two vehicles belonging to Uber drivers. Uber drivers retaliated by burning down one of the metered taxi vehicles. They also went in search of other metered taxi drivers in the nearby hotels. Uber said it was relieved to hear the driver of the vehicle was not injured.
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