Traffic police in Cape Town continue to impound cars connected to internet ride sharing service Uber at record rates, despite attempts to legalise the service in the city.

A woman was raped after getting into what she thought was an Uber over the weekend.

“You must be prepared to sleep on the road”

Videos from social media shows Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi being chased out of the building by men identified as disgruntled meter cab drivers, according to reports.

Andrew Trench, Digital Editor at Times Media Group, believes that the incident was an Uber-targetted attack.

Uber riders are rated just like the drivers and, if you’re brave enough, you can check out your rating with just a few taps.

Tensions between Uber drivers and taxi drivers have long been simmering and this video has allegedly caught an assault on camera.

Watch as these meter taxi drivers tell this woman that they’ll *#$@ her up, after they intimidate and harass people trying to get to their Uber taxis.

The Californian-born transport company, known as Uber, first came to Cape Town in August 2013. Two and a half years later, it has approximately 2,000 drivers in South Africa’s three main cities, many more thousands of users, and ambitious plans for expansion. The company is rapidly reconfiguring the metred taxi industry in the country.