E-hailing operators march to Gauteng Legislature

E-hailing drivers pickup zone.

More than 300 e-hailing operators are expected to march to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in Johannesburg, to handover a memorandum of grievances and demands.

The group will then move to the provincial Department of Transport to handover another memorandum in which they complain about impounding of vehicles and the challenges relating to the issuing of operating licenses.

The march comes amid tensions between taxi operators and e-hailing drivers which saw an e-hailing driver killed and two e-hailing vehicles burnt outside Maponya mall last week.

Secretary General of E-hailing Partners’ Council Melithemba Mnguni says,”We lodged a complaint early this year on the 11th of February to the Legislature, which was received and acknowledged and we were told that we would get feedback. However, we never got anything. Eventually two months later, we called the chairperson of the transport and logistics committee and said he knows nothing about the complaint. The chairperson said he will look into the complaint and come back to us but never did. Therefore, we’re going there to raise those grievances but also to make demands that within 7 days, they should be able to communicate back by giving us a date and make to sure that there is a hearing.”

[WATCH] The Gauteng government has announced measures to prevent violence between e-hailing and minibus taxi drivers. This follows the fatal shooting of 27 year-old e-hailing driver Mthokozisi Mvelase, outside Maponya Mall last week Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/dkBehUPz1z

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