Uber launched in South Africa two-and-a-half years ago and has covered over 93 million kilometres since then.
The longest Uber trip took place from Johannesburg to Durban and lasted approximately six hours over a distance of 580km.
According to Uber's fare estimate Web site, a trip like this would cost between R4 000 and R11 000, depending on which Uber service was used.
Johannesburg to Durban:
UberX: R4 103 to R5 471
UberBLACK: R7 119 to R9 488
UberVAN: R8 766 to R11 682
UberFamily: R8 766 to R11 682
The company said in a blog post, as of February 2016, it has moved over half a million people across South Africa and created over 4 000 jobs.
Last year, Uber and Wesbank partnered to offer existing driver-partners access to a specially designed full maintenance lease programme, giving them access to a vehicle at preferential rates.
Uber is now available in five cities: Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth. It claims that within these centres, users will be able to hail an Uber within four minutes.
Rocky start
Uber had its share of problems when it launched in the country.
Government was slow to regulate the new industry created by Uber, leading to ambiguity around how the e-hailing service should be licensed.
However, last month, government moved to approve a Bill that will regulate the service in the country.
The new Bill forms part of government amendments to the National Land Transport Act. It aims to untangle the legislation deadlock that was a result of the cities where Uber operates interpreting the national licensing protocol differently.
In addition to licensing issues, Uber drivers were being intimidated by other metered cab drivers who claimed Uber was stealing their business and operating illegally.
Uber is not disrupting the local taxi companies, tech analyst and blogger Liron Segev said at the time. "It shouldn't be, as Uber is not taking customers away from them but attracting a whole new group of people.
"I have never used a metered cab in my life before, but regularly use Uber now."
Government's announcement that it will move to approve a Bill to regulate Uber in SA means the e-hailing service can be policed by authorities in line with other metered taxi operations.
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