Two former Uber Eats drivers pose for a photo with their crutches after both being in accidents while delivering for the app in Johannesburg, South Africa. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
JOHANNESBURG/BERLIN: More than a year after Malawian driver Matthew was hit by a car while delivering food on his motorbike in South Africa, he lives with a shooting pain in his foot and fears for his life every time he hits the road.
His injuries, including a broken toe and various cuts, left him unable to work for a month, but the company he was riding for – Uber Eats – told him he did not qualify for compensation as he was in hospital for less than 48 hours.
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Two former Uber Eats drivers pose for a photo with their crutches after both being in accidents while delivering for the app in Johannesburg, South Africa. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
Zimbabwean driver Carl shows a photo on his phone of his dented motorcycle after many accidents on his phone in Pretoria, South Africa. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
Burundian food courier, John, poses for a photo in front of a street market in Pretoria, South Africa. He used to drive for grocery delivery service Checkers Sixty60. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
Burundian food courier, John, who fled his country after his family was killed during political conflict, opens up his reflective safety jacket to reveal his protective chest plate that he refuses to drive without. He has been in 15 accidents over 12 years as a driver in Pretoria, South Africa. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
John peers over his food delivery box covered in neon stickers that indicate he was part of the January Uber Eats strike protesting delivery fee cuts across South Africa. Drivers say the fee cuts together with lost income during lockdown mean they have to spend longer hours on the road to make ends meet. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
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