Mbalula, Maswanganyi to step into Uber feud
19 July 2017
Pretoria – Police Minister Fikile Mbalula is to intervene in the apparent conflict between Uber drivers and meter taxi drivers.
This after violence escalated recently, resulting in the death of an Uber driver due to injuries he sustained during an attack near Loftus Versveld Stadium in Pretoria on June 10.
News24 understands that more than 20 cases of malicious damage to property have been reported to police over the past two and a half months. The incidences are allegedly at the hands of both Uber drivers and meter taxi drivers.
Uber vehicles and those of meter taxi drivers have been stoned, petrol bombed and set alight in recent months. Both sides have blamed the other for the escalating violence.