The taxi industry in SA actually really needs a shakeup, and not just from Uber. Uber's popularity is the first step in what SHOULD be a revolutionizing of the public transport system in SA. See the related article about the taxi services in Mamelodi; people across SA are using services that don't respect them as customers and make it extremely inconvenient, expensive and dangerous to get from point A to point B. Congestion, dangerous driving and the price of fuel all leads me to one conclusion: we need to rethink the way public transport works in SA. The Gautrain is a good start, but it can service FAR too few people, and is outside the price class of a large portion of the SA workforce.

Something needs to be done.