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I feel so sorry for these guys bravely doing what they need to do to survive.

I dont know how many times I've missed these people and almost hit them on the road. Challenge is they want to be respected but don't fully follow the rules of the road, they choose when to follow them and when too.

@oliviajoans

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Some riders are pretty arrogant on their position to road rules and I fear for my life when I ride next to them

This entire video comes back to the lawlessness of taxis in this country. There are literally dozens of KZread creators with video evidence of taxi crimes. But Clown Minister of Police is as useless as an ice cream toaster. USELESS!!! Well done ANC, Well done!!!!!!

@damonnewman651

Жыл бұрын

100%

They deserve a tip every time

Let's be really honest though, the bike delivery guys also ride quite recklessly. Skipping Traffic lights, not stopping at Stop streets. They are delivering a key service but they aren't exactly safe on the road. Adding to this, I've seen some guys on bikes that are not safe or even roadworthy and at times a guy on a bike wearing a bicycle helmet, the companies sending their delivery teams out should also be held accountable for making sure the guys operate with safety gear that will actually protect them.

Thanks for this piece. Very enlightening for me. I will be more conscious going forward.

"Delivering to a hungry middle class.." 😂😂

@p-manwecho8395

Ай бұрын

That was really funny 😂

There are no red tapes south Africans don't apply, they call you velaphi when you are a driver, I used to do deliveries(2020-2021) after Covid19 retrenchment also at the time I was finishing off my degree, and its easy to join for everyone they only need a learners/license ,ID copy and criminal check. And you make about R1.5k-R3k a week. Takealot is always looking for drivers.

Besides all the driving complaints, which are valid, it is an eye opener to consider and keep in mind what these drivers have to go thru to get our warm food & goods on time to us. And we should also show gratefullness. I think loadshedding has affected many people's perception negatively of what others have to go thru to survive. Let us not misdirect our frustrations and anger.

Unfortunately these delivery drivers rarely follow road rules. They jump stop streets and traffic lights ...speed.. and don't seem to care. Have had many near misses recently.

In Capetown they don’t care about traffic rules and fly between cars , knock off your mirrors

Why are the vast majority of drivers in SA foreigners? Estimates are between 70 and 95% are foreign nationals. Are the local citizens that need jobs (11 million of them) not willing to become drivers?

@gxobinjasambemntungwa9694

Жыл бұрын

Honestly speaking our people undermine such jobs and call these guys names,but these guys are making a decent living it requires hard work and dedication coz I see these guys even when it's raining they continue working

@Ryanp1267

Жыл бұрын

@@gxobinjasambemntungwa9694 fully agree brother!

@respectmdududu1241

Жыл бұрын

The so called local citizens have pride honestly, imagine ukhuthi they see a biker and call him Velaphi while they are in the street corners meaning to say they do not have jobs.They need to swallow that pride and find a bike to work as well

@thabangmnguni6539

Жыл бұрын

my south african driver was shot dead by congolese drivers

I wish all of them only the best. I am thankful for guys like them. I was just stranded without a car due to an accident. Order some stuff from Checkers, it was deliver by one of their friendly bike drivers. I would rather order and have it delivered from Checkers than having to deal with the unfriendly cashiers in Checkers.

Not all foreigners are criminals, most are just hardworking honest people. Imagine ordering food and a foreigner honestly bringing it to you, thats love for their jobs.

Not just them, even the drivers using thier cars are not safe

The description of this video is incorrect - it's a copy-and-paste of another insert (which I also watched) about dating apps. The detail, is where they say, it is in.

i feel very sorry for these guys

Ja, but also comment on how they drive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If only they respected the rules of the road. The amount of times I have see them driving on the wrong side of the road, jumping red lights, driving on sidewalks and over predestrian bridges or through pedestrian tunnels. I have sent videos to the companies they work for and no-one responded

@johanvermeulen3629

Жыл бұрын

And taxis and blue brigades? Ya nothing hey.

@m3zza9

Жыл бұрын

​@@johanvermeulen3629 I guess that's where people learn they can get away with it.

Another one was hit on Sunday. He didn't wait his turn at the robots during loadshedding

Good work thank u

They need to improve on their driving... Last year, one of the guys skipped a red robot and hit me... He had no cash to even fix my car...

Oh no, our Condolences to the family

These delivery riders are reckless on the road. I question if some are in possession of a driver's/riders license. I understand that this is making a living, but the recklessness is scary and worrying.

@konananimafadza4433

11 ай бұрын

True I was once a victim 😢

@carteblanchetv you have the wrong description with this video. You have the one for the video about dating apps.

heartbreaking

Do they have licences to ride those bikes?Who are the so called bosses?

@tlhalefangchelechele6303

Жыл бұрын

you just saw mos some they are working for Debonairs ,and you only need a learners to drive a bike in south africa by law.

@xnxo7237

Жыл бұрын

@@tlhalefangchelechele6303 so at least they are not illegal.

@johanvermeulen3629

Жыл бұрын

How many car drivers got their licinces legaly? How many of the cars on our roads are roadworthy and insured? Take a look at those stats.

@Deckard717

Жыл бұрын

@@johanvermeulen3629 Why is that relevant to this conversation? It's the law that we have valid driver's licenses and our vehicles are roadworthy.

"Colliding with a taxi" now the intro made sense.

I will get my own food. Wild West on the roads with these guys everywhere! When there are no cops in site these riders do whatever they like!

They too ride terribly!!!!!!! And the stealing of our bikes is at an old time HIGH!!!!! R3000 a week is a LOT of money; I don't understand what they are moaning about . because millions of South African are earning R3500 a MONTH

@nathanielsibanda4789

Жыл бұрын

Bro petrol ,service, distance amd amount of hours don't be dumb

@ndimumnini5894

Жыл бұрын

@@nathanielsibanda4789 it is as though you didn't read your own statement, you are the imbecile here! petrol for R2000 at most??? number of hours are self-determined, so that is out the window with that reaching you were attempting. Anyway, your surname told me all I needed to know, and thus your emotional response.

What's more worrying is the fact that most of them are foreigners. Is there a visa for being a motorbike driver anywhere else in the world, except SA?

I want to be extremely sympathetic, but these people are the worst to encounter on the road. They ride badly and they do not care about road rules, skip traffic lights and mess up consistently. I am sad he passed away but these riders don't consider our lives either.

@mossfairy3060

Жыл бұрын

100% Sithabile Sibanda

@johanvermeulen3629

Жыл бұрын

Very sad, but dont call them these people. This is SA why complain about them and not blue brigades and taxis? I take my hat of to the these guys. Come rain hail storms they still deliver..

@sds9781

Жыл бұрын

South Africa is a crime syndicates heaven. Corruption from top level and no justice for the small man.

@indrenganesan-fh3mh

Жыл бұрын

I used to get mad. But after doing the job myself I know that if you follow road rules you won't make enough to eat. Robbery was my reason for leaving. Some of these guys can't do the same.

@Nacifra7

Жыл бұрын

Says the car 🚗 to the electrically powered bicycle

This is such a deep ending to the segment for me. I stopped doing Uber because of the danger involved. This man has to judge his career on which job is less life threatening. That is so messed up.

Uber needs to start a new business called Uber security

its really tough being a gig platform participant - there has to be a better way

Who is to say that these drivers don't say they are robbed when they are not and then they run off with the money

@samanthaswart1058

Жыл бұрын

What money?? Most ppl pay by card in the app!!

Tip your drivers well

With the Fees these apps charge extra over and above , it's their responsibility to pay the drivers . By the time you ordering an item you would've paid double of what it's worth if you gone to the shop yourself. It's clear South Africa is not safer then other countries.

Lifes is tough people 💔🥺

South Africa can't have nothing nice

What the government should do is make bike licenses free to South African citizens as part of a social development scheme. If the industry plans to grow that much, then our own South African people should be equipped with the resources to work. The foreigners came from so far to make a life, our own people should be ashamed of themselves, it's not difficult to ride a bike. Then our guys can drive instead of robbing innocent people.

@baNico23

Жыл бұрын

These bikers are partners to the delivery companies and are self employed. The riders are flexible to work whenever they feel like working and this business requires a lot self discipline. You can't go and get a fake sick note because no work no pay.

@tlhalefangchelechele6303

Жыл бұрын

They look down on such jobs and call them velaphi, thats why they are not joining, Cashiers make R3-5k a month when a food delivery guy makes R3k a week.

@joesamson8666

Жыл бұрын

The government can maybe give them bikes on loan and they repay monthly. The mentality of expecting free stuff should stop, nobody is owed a free bike just because they are South Africans. These refugees came with little to nothing and somehow managed to either rent bikes or get them on loan. Those robbing people on the street, smoking hard stuff and taking drugs are doing it by choice, not because of lack of resources.

@skhumbuzoselepe1661

Жыл бұрын

I started renting out bikes in 2018 and quickly learned not to trust or rent to SA people. At the time they undermined the pay compared to Uber even friends and family thought I was mental. And worst part of all they had excuses when they have to pay the weekly rent which started at R1200 and has now dropped to R650 a week due to supply of bikes. For foreign guys I would announce at 8am I hv a bike to rent 1pm 10 guys be chasing me for the bike by next week mon/ tues I have my pay. The industry shot off during covid my best driver operating in Bram even bought a car, SA guys hv also started joining. I hv since parked my bike due to theft nd bad drivers.

@baNico23

Жыл бұрын

@@joesamson8666 do you think the gvt will receive any cent from loan repayments?

Do they have licenses, though? From what I have seen on the road it seems not.

Spoke to soon, finances.

I wish I could be a journalist 😂😊

these guys are worse than taxi drivers on the road...yeer

Why don't they just use cars instead?

He choose this job , no one forced him to take this job , we all work , we all suffer , stop putting foreigners in the spotlight , do you care about us South Africans ?

Be honest bike driver the put drives's life in danger, I was since a victim of ancient with the bike driver at the robots it was my right of way for me to pass and the bike driver he didn't stop at the robots and he bumped my car at the driver side and mind you I have a child on that time, the driver didn't have proper passport and driver's license he have fraudulent alsym seeker and the company he was going for it take time to pay the damage on my car { 5 months} after I reported onTweeter is were give me attention and pay the damage 😢

Let's be honest have you seen how most of these bike guys drive, their driving is terrible...

hy no Jake is in Carte Blanche you mase be downing strafinrigting to get on this videos

All foreigners

@BatsiraiMusuka

Жыл бұрын

They are there to serve you. Literally.

@marthideklerk7987

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, and they work hard.

@gxobinjasambemntungwa9694

Жыл бұрын

Yep and they are human beings too not less of human why are our people not taking these opportunities

@hleziphidhlamini1012

Жыл бұрын

​@@BatsiraiMusuka they must serve in their countries 😮😮

@BatsiraiMusuka

Жыл бұрын

@@hleziphidhlamini1012 Do you see them as human beings or do you mistreat them when they are on your doorstep with your food? A genuine question. I guess you could ask them why they don’t serve in their countries. Personally, here…l just treat everyone with gratitude as half the time I’ll be hungry.

It’s sad that they have to go through all this, but they don’t follow the road rules too🥲🥲🥲😭

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