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Chinese tech company launches their new e-hailing service in CT By Keshia Africa Share Chinese-owned tech company Didi Chuxing will launch its new e-hailing service in Cape Town tomorrow. The company, however, has not yet revealed their pricing structure for the new service. Following the successful introduction of the DiDi app in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) in March, the ride service soon after made plans to expand to Cape Town, bringing competition to established apps like Uber and Bolt. Founded in 2012 by Cheng Wei, the company has spent the last nine years growing their corporation that now offers transport services used by more than 600 million people across the globe. The Chinese company already operates in Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Panama and Russia, among others. ....
In a blockbuster 1997 film Wag the Dog, Robert De Niro plays a fixer extraordinaire who’s summoned to the White House after a potential front-page scandal threatens to sink the president’s reelection. To deflect attention away from this controversy, De Niro and Hollywood producer Dustin Hoffman plan a fake war, or pageant, as they call it. As De Niro famously quipped, “We’re not going to have a war. We’re going to have the appearance of a war.” Playing on this sentiment, director Barry Levinson stressed, “We’re reaching a point where it’s no longer easy to differentiate between what’s fabricated and what’s real.” ....
Zimbabwean driver Carl shows a photo on his phone of his dented motorcycle after many accidents on his phone in Pretoria, South Africa. Uber confirmed that they will be increasing the frequency of awareness campaigns to ensure more drivers know of the safety offerings available to them, such as emergency assistance and injury protection. Thomson Reuters Foundation JOHANNESBURG: Uber South Africa pledged to increase safety campaigns for food delivery drivers and review the insurance they provide following a Thomson Reuters Foundation expose about the mounting risks faced by drivers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The expose published earlier this month found a lack of training and safety equipment as rising numbers of mainly migrant drivers take to the roads to earn a living, and poorly advertised and often insufficient insurance cover. ....
Uber to boost safety measures in South Africa as accidents rise Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters Uber South Africa pledged to increase safety campaigns for food delivery drivers and review the insurance they provide following a recent exposé about the mounting risks faced by drivers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Thomson Reuters Foundation exposé, published earlier this month, found a lack of training and safety equipment as rising numbers of mainly migrant drivers take to the roads to earn a living, and poorly advertised and often insufficient insurance cover. Figures obtained by the Thomson Reuters Foundation showed a 30% jump in road accidents involving food couriers in May and June last year as South Africa eased its lockdown and the numbers of drivers rose. ....
Uber pledges to boost safety for SA drivers as accidents rise Kim Harrisberg > By Kim Harrisberg - 26 April 2021 - 14:17 We re committed to doing the right thing and take on our part of the responsibility to better safety in the industry, says Uber SA. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/Christian Mueller Uber SA has pledged to increase safety campaigns for food delivery drivers and review the insurance they provide. This follows a Thomson Reuters Foundation report about the mounting risks faced by drivers during the Covid-19 pandemic, citing a lack of training and safety equipment coupled with poorly advertised and often insufficient insurance cover. ....