Long power outages in South Africa are shutting down cellphone towers, disrupting internet connectivity and putting gig drivers out of work.
Ride-hailing apps become frequently numb, and clients cancel the gigs because the network makes it difficult to keep in touch with drivers.
Surveyed gig workers for Bolt, Uber, inDrive, Uber Eats, and the Johannesburg-based delivery app Mr D Food told Rest of World they now make less than half of what they used to earn in 2021
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