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    • Why Your Short Uber Trips Keep Getting Cancelled

      18 Mar 2022 by Tayla / No Comments

      Often the driver accepts your ride request, but then as soon as they realise how far you need to go, they cancel the trip.

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    • You Can Finally See Why Your Uber Rating Is So Terrible

      17 Feb 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Yesterday, Uber pulled back the curtain on passenger ratings for the first time.

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    • Some SA Uber Eats Drivers Are Getting Caught Red-Handed [Video]

      31 Jan 2022 by Tayla / No Comments

      Since a Twitter sleuth posted a video revealing his unfortunate experience with Uber Eats, a bunch of other people have commented with reports of the same scam happening to them.

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    • Dodgy: Why Your Uber Driver Asks About Your Destination Before Collecting You

      25 Oct 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Around the world, Uber users are complaining of drivers contacting them and asking for a destination before picking them up.

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    • How To Claim Your Free Uber Rides To And From Vaccination Sites

      30 Aug 2021 by Tayla / No Comments

      Uber, the Department of Health, and Mastercard are working together to give people two free Uber trips, each up to the value of R100, for rides to and from vaccination sites.

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    • Uber SA Is Facing A Serious Lawsuit

      23 Feb 2021 by Carrie / No Comments

      It looks like, after years of classifying South African drivers as independent contractors, Uber is going to have to answer for itself in court.

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    • Sometimes Uber Eats Drivers Will Eat Your Food

      12 Feb 2021 by Carrie / No Comments

      A law student, waiting for her takeaway meal, received a text from her Uber Eats driver saying that he’d eaten her food.

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    • Uber Cash: New Payment Solution Launches In SA

      10 Jun 2020 by Carrie / No Comments

      Uber wants to make sure that you get from point A to point B safely, which is there’s now a COVID-19 compliant payment system.

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    • Can You Get Coronavirus From Using Uber?

      09 Mar 2020 by Carrie / No Comments

      Tons of people take Uber every day, and you never know who was in the passenger seat before you.

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    • Think You’ve Had A Bad Uber Experience? Watch This Livestreamed Nightmare Uber Trip [Video]

      14 Feb 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      I thought I had it bad when one of my Uber drivers didn’t know how to use a handbrake, but this is something else altogether.

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    • Uber Has A Sexual Assault Problem

      09 Dec 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      Uber has responded to growing public safety concerns with a review that’s revealed some unsettling stats and figures.

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    • Worries That Uber’s Latest Setback Could Lead To ‘Implosion’

      26 Nov 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Yesterday, Uber was denied a licence to operate in London, which jeopardises one of its most lucrative markets. That’s not the only headache currently facing the company.

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    • Uber Copter Has Gone Live In New York – Look At This [Video]

      04 Oct 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      If you want to beat New York traffic and can afford the fare, the Uber Copter turns a 60-minute car trip into an eight-minute helicopter ride.

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    • Big Changes Coming Soon To The Uber App [Video]

      27 Sep 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      Uber is responding to some recent bad press coverage with an upgrade that wants the company to become “the operating system for your city life”.

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    • Uber Blows Through Billions, But Apparently Everything Is Fine

      26 Sep 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi claims that he’s not worried, despite losses in the billions and damning interviews with former employees.

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    • Shouting “I’m A Terrible Person” As He Writhed On The Floor – Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick‘s Epic Meltdown

      16 Sep 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Following a series of PR nightmares, Travis Kalanick stepped down as Uber CEO back in 2017. One PR nightmare involved a pretty epic meltdown.

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    • Uber Does Not Want To Protect Its Drivers

      12 Sep 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      A new law in California wants to reclassify independent contractors like Uber drivers as employees, and the ride-hailing company is pushing back.

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    • Six Books To Read If You’re Interested In How Silicon Valley Really Works

      04 Sep 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Many entrepreneurs around the world look towards Silicon Valley for inspiration, although there’s plenty that happens behind the scenes.

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    • Uber Braces For Tell-All Book Detailing How They Screwed Customers

      26 Aug 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      A new book, authored by New York Times reporter Mike Isaac and titled ‘Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber’, is giving the company nightmares.

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    • Do We Have to Speak To Uber Drivers?

      30 May 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      The ride-hailing service is taking the guesswork out of the driver-passenger chatting conundrum with the ‘quiet ride’ option. Is this a good thing, or a sign of the times?

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    • Chopper Caught On Camera Crashing Into New York’s Hudson River [Video]

      16 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      A helicopter regularly used for an on-demand flight service crashed into the Hudson River, and the drama was captured on video.

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    • TODAY ONLY – Get Your Flu Shots Done, At Work, By A Nurse

      02 May 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      If you can’t muster the time to swing past the chemist or doctor, why not have a qualified nurse come to you?

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    • Introducing The New Breathalyser System Being Rolled Out In Time For Easter

      09 Apr 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      The new Evidential Breathalyser Alcohol Test will make it easier to identify drunk drivers, who could then face up to a week in jail pending a bail hearing.

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    • Have You Seen Uber’s ‘Safety Never Stops’ Ad? [Video]

      01 Apr 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      Uber’s latest campaign is focused on driver and passenger safety, and features an advert modelled on the standard in-flight safety videos.

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    • This Uber Driver’s ‘Menu’ For Passengers Is Genius

      07 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      You’ve never been driven by anyone quite like George the Uber Driver, who provides passengers with an in-car menu of entertainment options.

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    • Here’s Another Way To Use Your SAA Voyager Miles

      05 Mar 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Not sure what to do with all those Voyager Miles you’ve racked up? You might want to spend them on something other than flights.

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    • The Cape Town Late Night Taxi Scam Everybody Needs To Know About

      28 Feb 2019 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments

      We finally found the source of a story going around about one very lucky victim of crime, and he described to us exactly what happened.

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    • Five Ways Traffic Officers Are Using New Tech To Make Western Cape’s Roads Safer

      25 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      There was a 6% decrease in overall fatalities this past festive season, and it has a lot to do with the new smart tech that traffic officers are using in the Western Cape.

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    • Remembering The Awkwardness Of Life Before Uber [Video]

      04 Feb 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Remember a time when you used to have to ask your parents for lifts to social events, or wait around aimlessly for a cab you called ages ago? You’re not alone.

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    • Some Of The Proposed SA Road Rule Changes Are Ridiculous

      15 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments

      Motorists should get ready for what could be a complete overhaul of South Africa’s current testing and driving rules.

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