"Three cars were set alight," police spokesman Mavela Masondo told AFP, adding that two of the vehicle were believed to belong to Uber drivers while one was owned by a cab driver. Uber spokeswoman Samantha Allenberg confirmed that one of the cars was registered to use the Uber app. "We suspect it is the ongoing fight between Uber and metred taxis in the area," said Masondo. Taxi drivers have regularly targeted Uber drivers in Johannesburg where they compete for passengers. The Uber car-hailing app service is hugely popular in the city where public transport is poor and taxi drivers previously enjoyed a monopoly.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 07, 2017 22:18 UTC