{"id":83695,"date":"2015-03-27T14:43:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T12:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=83695"},"modified":"2015-03-27T14:43:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T12:43:25","slug":"uber-raises-prices-for-joburg-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/83695\/uber-raises-prices-for-joburg-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber raises prices for Joburg customers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uber has informed users that rates for UberBlack cabs in Johannesburg were\u00a0increased\u00a0on 27 March 2015.<\/p>\n

UberBlack is the ride sharing company’s premium option offering high-end sedans and SUVs.
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While the base fare (R15) and minimum fare (R50) will remain the same, the per kilometer rate increases to R13 and the per-minute cost has gone up to R1.30 per minute.<\/p>\n

Previously an UberBlack cost R1.10 per minute, and R11 per kilometer in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince launching UberBlack in Johannesburg over one year ago, we\u2019ve kept our rates the same,\u201d Uber said in an e-mail to users.<\/p>\n

Although it has had to increase UberBlack prices in Johannesburg, the rates for UberVan and the more affordable UberX remain unchanged.<\/p>\n

UberBlack prices in Cape Town and Durban also remain unchanged for the moment.<\/p>\n

More on Uber in SA<\/h3>\n

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Uber creates 2,000 jobs in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Cape Town clamps down on Uber: report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Uber has informed users that rates for UberBlack cabs in Johannesburg were increased on 27 March 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":43853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[26,6457],"class_list":["post-83695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-headline","tag-uber"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83695"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83711,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83695\/revisions\/83711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}