Delivery firms find lifeline in dispatching essential goods
The switch from fast food and booze to medication and groceries is helping MrD Food, Uber Eats and co survive lockdown
29 April 2020 - 11:10
A solitary motorbike rumbles through otherwise silent streets in once-bustling Johannesburg, now transformed into a near ghost town by one of the world's strictest coronavirus lockdowns.
A few months ago its driver, like most others in the city, would probably have been delivering fast food like fried chicken or burgers to convenience-seeking consumers...
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