Zuko Komisa
E-hailing drivers are currently on strike.
The E-hailing Association has advised that some of their drivers are going on strike, which may make it difficult for certain Gauteng residents to go to work on Monday morning.
Even though there won’t be a general industry strike, the association reported that starting on Monday, thousands of drivers will turn off their apps.
Point of View with Phemelo Motene spoke to the Chairperson of the Soweto United e-hailing Association, Thato Ramaila about an e-hailing drivers’ strike currently underway impacting services.
Listen to the full conversation here
E-hailing service drivers claim they are being taken advantage of and are demanding tighter regulation in the sector.
On aspects of the e-hailing industry
“Remember we are divided into regions in Gauteng, we have regions, provincial, and sub-regions, at the end of the day we are under one umbrella, at the end of the day there are certain aspects of the business that we differ from.”
“What we differ from is the technical stuff of the management of the industry, as well as our administrative way of doing things,” says Ramaila.
On issues that are being put on the table
“Truth be told from the experience and data we have collected on the ground…. there were presentations that were done to the government to assist with the regulation of the industry, unfortunately that has just been sitting in the office of the President and has not been signed; and also the lack of political will,” says Ramaila.
Ramaila says the protest is a silent cry to the government, that they feel they are ignoring the industry, and that there hasn’t been any minister or government official on e-hailing services in the country.
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