Uber is Killing Us, Say South African Taxi Drivers

Traffic on major roads in Ekurhuleni, east of Jahannesburg stalled after more than 60 metered taxi drivers blocked roads, claiming government's regulation of fare pricing failed to take competition from Uber into account.

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Uber app on a mobile phone (file photo).

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