Gauteng residents have been given an alternative option for ride-sharing apps after the new e-hailing service, Shesha, became available this week.
The service, which means "hurry up" in isiZulu, already has 1 500 users. It went live Wednesday with taxi organisations, the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) and the National Taxi Alliance (NTA), as shareholders in the company.
Both taxi organisations form part of the province's Gauteng Taxi Industry Trust (GTIT), which represents the entire taxi industry in the province and has a 60% stake in the e-hailing service, while the Gauteng E-hailing Services Trust owns 10%.