Ghost riders: the invisible lives of Johannesburg food couriers
I&#x27;ve lived in Joburg all my life.<p>Joburg, especially the inner city, is one of the most dangerous places in the world. Couriers are at risk? We all are. I don&#x27;t know anyone who doesn&#x27;t have a story of being held up at gunpoint somewhere around joburg, even the wealthy northern suburbs. Happened to me 4 times, twice in one week. Try convincing an armed mugger some other tit stole your phone already. Fun times.<p>I also suspect the author is kicking themselves over the timing of the release of this article.<p>&gt; Lockdown has just been eased as Covid infection rates have plateaued<p>At the time of publication, our rates are very nearly the highest they&#x27;ve ever been.<p>Not one mention of the disgusting xenophobia demonstrated by the majority of city residents. Not. One.<p>I don&#x27;t order from uber eats because, well they&#x27;re cunts. Mr D is a locally registered business and is required to follow our very strict labour laws, so I happily order from them (although their app is not doing well lately).<p>What bugs me the most though is that Uber Eats is somehow exempt from our labour laws. Not providing medical cover to employees who&#x27;ve sustained injury on site can land you in jail.<p>I personally believe we (Africa) should evict these blood suckers. The western world has stolen enough wealth from us. Voetsek now. We have good alternatives (IDK about bolt, but Mr Delivery is a local partner that adheres to the laws)