The number of e-hailing cabs being hijacked has more than tripled in recent months, with such incidents appearing to occur more frequently in the Durban South region, the Durban e-hailing Association has said. DailyNewsSA
Durban - The number of e-hailing cabs being hijacked has more than tripled in recent months, with such incidents appearing to occur more frequently in the Durban South region, the Durban e-hailing Association has said.
The association met last week to discuss the recent spike in hijackings and to discuss a way forward - between it, e-hailing drivers and the police. “Hijackings and robberies used to be on a scale of 0-2 hijackings per month. Now it has tripled and blown out of proportion, to at least 8 to 12 cars, thus our meeting on Wednesday night,” he said.
“Before it used to be about robbing the drivers for cash, but now it is for car parts, as well their cash and cellphones, which are imperative for trips,” he added.
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