SABC News reports that there have been a growing numbers of attacks on Uber and Taxify drivers across the country.  A group of Uber and Taxify drivers has called on the Minister of Police to intervene.  

This call came after a man accused of stabbing an Uber driver in December 2017 appeared briefly in the Boksburg Regional Court on Wednesday morning.  The ridesharing drivers came out to support a fellow driver who had been attacked and stabbed in the back, face, neck and hands and left for dead.  Accused Jaques Scharneck pleaded guilty and has been remanded in police custody.  For the victim Busisiwe Ndlovu, the pain and trauma have left her scarred.  In the latest incident, the drivers’ indicated that one of their fellow drivers was shot and killed in Yeoville on Tuesday.  The case has been postponed until 27 February for further investigation.

• Read this report by Nozintombi Miya in full at SABC News

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