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Clients, drivers Bolt amid violence

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August 26, 2025

EX-TAXI STAFFER: 'WE ARE LOSING EVERYTHING'

- Marizka Coetzer

Clients, drivers Bolt amid violence

Business has been so bad since the recent incident in Soweto, when an e-hailing driver was killed, that he returned his car and started over again, a former Bolt driver says. Carel Pieterse, not his real name, said he had to look for another job after working hard for four years driving for Bolt.

Pieterse said business was down after the attack on e-hailing drivers in Soweto this month.

An e-hailing driver was murdered and his vehicle set alight by rival taxi drivers.

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This story is from the August 26, 2025 edition of The Citizen.

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