It is unclear if food delivery services will be operational during the nationwide lockdown scheduled for Thursday midnight; according to several motorbike drivers in Johannesburg.
Several motorbike riders who work for food delivery services said it was not clear whether these services would be operational during the nationwide lockdown, and they feared they would lose their incomes.Motorcycle riders in Johannesburg were unsure on Tuesday how the looming lockdown would affect their incomes as providers of food delivery services.
“Coronavirus is affecting everything. The business is really down. Some of us get paid daily for every delivery we make,” he told TimesLIVE. Another driver, Faisal Kaddu, falling under the Takealot delivery group, said his employer told all drivers they would stop working on Thursday.
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