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September 26, 2013

Tech Report: This Awesome Local App Just Made The Cab Call Centre Extinct [VIDEO]

What's the problem with ordering a cab in South Africa? Everything. If by some miracle you manage to communicate clearly with the hellfire of ambient noise that is the taxi cab call centre, you can count yourself among the lucky and privileged few who don't have their cab stolen by loitering students. Why? Because there's no way to tell when your cab will arrive. But there is now, thanks to Zapacab.

What’s the problem with ordering a cab in South Africa? Everything. If by some miracle you manage to communicate clearly with the hellfire of ambient noise that is the taxi cab call centre, you can count yourself among the lucky and privileged few who don’t have their cab stolen by loitering students. Why? Because there’s no way to tell when your cab will arrive. But there is now, thanks to Zapacab.

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