All DriverZA guides

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• Delivery and Driver Jobs in Cape Town All four companies that name their cities name Cape Town, so both delivery and passenger work are open here. Here is where to start, depending on what you have.
• Delivery and Driver Jobs in Johannesburg All four companies that name their cities name Johannesburg. One thing to watch: Uber Eats treats Johannesburg and Pretoria as a single entry.
• Delivery and Driver Jobs in Durban All four companies that name their cities name Durban, so both delivery and passenger work are open here.
• Delivery and Driver Jobs in East London Bolt, Mr D and Uber Eats name East London. Uber does not, so passenger work here runs through Bolt alone.
• Delivery and Driver Jobs in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) All four companies name the city, but three of them still call it Port Elizabeth. Both delivery and passenger work are on offer here.
• Delivery and Driver Jobs in Kimberley Bolt, Mr D and Uber Eats name Kimberley, and Uber Eats misspells it. Uber does not name the city, so Bolt is the ride-hailing route.
• Delivery and Driver Jobs in Mbombela (Nelspruit) Bolt, Mr D and Uber Eats name the city, and most of them still call it Nelspruit. Uber does not name it at all.
• Delivery and Driver Jobs in Pietermaritzburg Bolt, Mr D and Uber Eats name Pietermaritzburg. Uber does not, so passenger work here runs through Bolt alone.
• Delivery and Driver Jobs in Polokwane Bolt, Mr D and Uber Eats name Polokwane. Uber does not, so Bolt is the only ride-hailing company that names this city.
• Delivery and Driver Jobs in Pretoria All four companies that name their cities name Pretoria. Uber Eats groups it with Johannesburg, which is worth checking before you book anything.

Foreign-national guide

• Driver and Delivery Work in South Africa for Foreign Nationals What each company says about passports, work permits, asylum documents and refugee documents, and why an app accepting your document is not the same as being allowed to work.

Platform guide

• How to Become a Takealot Driver in South Africa Takealot Group takes driver applications through TFS On-Demand. TFS drivers deliver for Takealot, Mr D and other brands. Most bring their own bike or car.
• How to Become a Mr D Driver in South Africa Mr D asks for your own transport, a South African driving licence, a clear criminal check, current vehicle documents, third-party insurance and an Android phone. It also lists the areas it serves.
• How to Become an Uber Driver in South Africa Uber is passenger work. You need a professional driving permit (PrDP), safety screening, a vehicle inspection and an operating licence.
• How to Become an Uber Eats Driver in South Africa Uber Eats lists more licences and more identity documents than any other company here, including a learner's licence, an international permit, an asylum seeker permit and a refugee ID.
• How to Become a Bolt Driver in South Africa Bolt is passenger work by car. You need a PrDP, a criminal record check, a cARscan inspection and an operating licence. Bolt names 22 places and gives a median weekly earnings figure.
• How to Become an inDrive Driver in South Africa inDrive is passenger work where the driver and passenger agree the fare. It gives only three driver requirements, and the highest minimum age here: 25.
• How to Become a Checkers Sixty60 Driver in South Africa Pingo runs Checkers Sixty60 deliveries. Apply to Pingo, not to Checkers. A Pingo application does not guarantee Sixty60 work.
• How to Become a Pingo Driver in South Africa Pingo does all Checkers Sixty60 deliveries and recruits driver partners nationally. You need valid documents, an Android phone with data, transport and Grade 12 or an equivalent.
• How to Become a Picup Driver in South Africa Picup calls its drivers Legends. It delivers for Pick n Pay asap!, Dis-Chem and Clicks, and it is the only company here that publishes what it pays.
• How to Become a Pick n Pay asap! Driver in South Africa Pick n Pay takes no driver applications of its own. Picup delivers asap! orders, so Picup is the route in.

Platform sub-page

• Mr D Driver Requirements in South Africa Mr D's official driver checklist: licence, screening, vehicle, insurance, phone and foreign-national documents.
• Picup Driver Requirements in South Africa What Picup asks for before it activates a Legend, including the vehicle assessment you pay for yourself.
• Takealot Driver Requirements in South Africa The documents, vehicle and phone Takealot's driver application asks for, taken from the application itself.
• Uber Driver Requirements in South Africa The PrDP, safety screening, vehicle age limits and inspection Uber asks of drivers, and the operating licence the law now requires.
• Uber Eats Driver Requirements in South Africa The licence codes, identity documents, inspection and equipment Uber Eats asks of couriers, with the source for each.
• Picup Driver Application: How to Apply Picup takes applications only in its own Android app. Here is the order, and the step that has nothing to do with your paperwork.
• Picup Driver Earnings in South Africa Picup is the only company on this site that publishes a rate card. Here is every rate, and what comes off the top.
• Picup for Foreign Nationals in South Africa Picup asks non-citizens for an asylum seeker document, work permit or visa, and says nothing else.
• Uber Eats and Work Permits in South Africa What Uber Eats says about permits and identity documents, and what it does not decide.

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Cross-cutting topic page

• Converting a Foreign Driving Licence in South Africa Delivery work and passenger work treat a foreign licence completely differently. One company accepts an international permit outright. The other route runs through a South African licence card, and that is where it gets hard.
• What Delivery and E-hailing Drivers Earn in South Africa Two companies give real numbers. Picup publishes a full rate card, and Bolt publishes a median. Here is what each company says about pay, and the costs that come off it.
• Operating Licences for E-hailing Drivers in South Africa E-hailing vehicles need an operating licence. The rules also cover vehicle branding, panic buttons and app registration. Here is what the Department of Transport has said, and what it has not.
• How to Get a PrDP in South Africa A PrDP is a professional driving permit. Uber and Bolt both require one, and it is usually the slowest step. Here is what it is, who needs it, what it costs and how long it takes.
• Renting a Motorbike or Car to Drive: What to Ask First Four companies offer a way in without owning a vehicle. Only Picup's two vendors publish what they take. Renting is the biggest fixed cost a new driver takes on, and the one most often used to run a scam.

Vehicle landing page

• Delivery Driver Jobs Without Owning a Vehicle in South Africa Pingo rents motorbikes to qualifying delivery drivers. Uber and Bolt offer vehicle-partner routes for passenger drivers without a car.
• Delivery Jobs With a Bicycle in South Africa Only Uber Eats mentions bicycles, and only in its advertising. No company on this site gives bicycle requirements.
• Delivery Jobs With a Motorbike in South Africa A motorbike opens the most delivery work in South Africa. It opens no passenger work, because Uber and Bolt here carry passengers by car.
• Delivery Jobs With Your Own Car in South Africa A car is the only vehicle that opens both delivery and passenger work. Passenger work costs you a PrDP, an inspection and an operating licence.
• Delivery and Courier Jobs With a Bakkie in South Africa None of the companies here says anything about bakkies, and Uber's vehicle list excludes them. Courier work is the usual route.
• Courier and Delivery Jobs With a Van in South Africa Picup is the one company here that runs vans as a class of their own, and pays them a published rate. Uber's Van and XL products take an MPV, not a panel van.