EXPOSED: Uber Eats’ SHOCKING Takeover of Township Economies Generates BILLIONS While Exploiting Thousands
In a MOVE branded as “economic development,” Uber Eats has orchestrated a MASSIVE DIGITAL LAND GRAB, ensnaring over 2,000 township businesses and 7,500 delivery riders into a system critics call “MODERN-DAY FEUDALISM.” The so-called “partnership” with the Gauteng government has generated a STAGGERING R1 BILLION, but for WHOM? Insiders reveal the vast majority of wealth is being FUNNELLED BACK to the Silicon Valley giant, leaving local “partners” to fight for scraps in the gig economy jungle.
This isn’t empowerment—it’s a CORPORATE COUP. Under the guise of “digitisation,” Uber Eats has systematically dismantled traditional local trade, forcing proud township entrepreneurs to become DEPENDENT CONTRACTORS on a foreign platform that dictates their terms, takes a massive cut, and holds ALL the data. The government, instead of building sovereign infrastructure, has SOLD OUT its most vulnerable communities to a multinational app.
They celebrate “over 7,500 delivery people,” but silence the grim reality: these are NOT jobs. They are precarious, dangerous gigs with NO benefits, NO security, and NO future. The R250 million “investment” is a pittance compared to the VALUE EXTRACTED, a slick PR campaign masking the exploitation of desperate youth. This is not growth; it’s the VIRAL COLONIZATION of the informal economy.
While officials pose for plaques with corporate executives, the very fabric of township resilience is being unraveled and rewired for corporate profit. This “model for inclusive growth” is a BLUEPRINT FOR TOTAL CORPORATE CONTROL. Ask yourself: when every transaction is monitored, every profit is shared, and every dream is algorithmically managed, who really owns the future of our communities?
Edited for Kayitsi.com
Author: Kayitsi.com
