{"id":190842,"date":"2017-08-07T14:09:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T12:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=190842"},"modified":"2017-08-07T14:09:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T12:09:33","slug":"taxify-announces-new-50-off-tuesday-special-on-all-rides-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/190842\/taxify-announces-new-50-off-tuesday-special-on-all-rides-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxify announces new 50%-off Tuesday special on all rides in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobile lift app Taxify has announced that it will be implementing a\u00a050% discount on all trips across South Africa on some Tuesdays, as part of a new promotion.<\/p>\n

Dubbed “Taxify Tuesdays”, a new category will appear in the app on selected Tuesdays – the first being 8 August – giving customers the discount.<\/p>\n

The group said that the plan is to make the discount a recurring event, “but we might be limited by number of available drivers to service the demand,” it said.<\/p>\n

“While lowering the prices, we\u2019ll be compensating our drivers with bonuses, so their earnings wouldn\u2019t decrease,” the company said in a press release.<\/p>\n

“Drivers will in fact have increased earnings due to them serving more clients that day.”<\/p>\n

“Our focus is to provide drivers with better revenue per ride and keeping them happy with earnings and support we provide, which leads to ultimately better service for clients.”<\/p>\n

Taxify, alongside Uber, has faced criticism from South Africa’s metered taxi industry in recent months due to their unregulated nature and reports that they were deliberately undercutting the market.<\/p>\n

The continued violence once again reached a head this past weekend when an Uber <\/a><\/strong>driver reportedly had acid thrown at him as part of the ongoing dispute.<\/p>\n

In a separate incident, two suspects were arrested this past weekend following a number of\u00a0cases in which Uber drivers were either hijacked or robbed.<\/p>\n

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