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I wonder how these useless south Africans think

And that consigns him to death through violence? No.

LabStores:
So because he's operating "ILLEGALY", he deserve to be killed like that?

Those savages that murdered him all deserve capital punishment with no option of appeal.

They don't want to pay compensation.
Secondly, they are absolving themselves of any litigation.

dfrost:
The lawsuit wasn't coming for them. Why bother? This is a crime against the state. It's murder. They have nothing to protect.

If it was he that committed a crime 🫆, then their statement would be in order to deny him as a lawful employee/partner to the service. In this case, it's a no-no.

Bolt SA goofed on this one. A spade 🪏 is not a shovel.

Bolt had questions to answer because the public was under the impression someone else had been murdered.

Whoever the operators or owners of Bolt SA, they need to be sensitive. That he operated illegally is not a justifiable reason to murder him. They should be condemning the killing that’s all

Whoever the operators or owners of Bolt SA, they need to be sensitive. That he operated illegally is not a justifiable reason to murder him. They should be condemning the killing, that’s all

RandDigital:
You mean there'd be absolutely no culpability on Bolt if an unregistered driver killed a client and that they wouldn't be susceptible to lawsuits for not fool-proofing their app against unregistered drivers. Also think of the reputational damage this would cause.

It's not possible for an unregistered driver to operate with the app.
As far as bolt is concerned, every account belongs to a certified driver, duly vetted by them.
So when bolt says "driver", they mean a profile in their database.
That's why they discourage profile sharing.
For one reason or another, people still share their profiles. Bolt does a periodic in app facial verification but somehow, those who share profiles still manage to find their way around it.
When an accident happens with a vehicle driven by a profile (driver), bolt only recognises the original owner of that profile as the driver.
Any other person is at best an impersonator.
The profile owner would be held responsible, even for a breach of contract. It's like sharing your bank app login details and losing your money.

Exactly my point.
The clarifications tha he used someone's profile which is an offense as per bolt policy would have been left for much later, if necessary.

isblog:
Whoever the operators or owners of Bolt SA, they need to be sensitive. That he operated illegally is not a justifiable reason to murder him. They should be condemning the killing that’s all

RandDigital:

He is more handsome than you

Urgent1Million:
It's not possible for an unregistered driver to operate with the app.
As far as bolt is concerned, every account belongs to a certified driver, duly vetted by them.
So when bolt says "driver", they mean a profile in their database.
That's why they discourage profile sharing.
For one reason or another, people still share their profiles. Bolt does a periodic in app facial verification but somehow, those who share profiles still manage to find their way around it.
When an accident happens with a vehicle driven by a profile (driver), bolt only recognises the original owner of that profile as the driver.
Any other person is at best an impersonator.
The profile owner would be held responsible, even for a breach of contract. It's like sharing your bank app login details and losing your money.

Fair enough, but there's still the possibility of attempts to sue Bolt or exposure to brand damage, right?

Infact, this statement alone has the potential to scare customers away because it's an admission of serious security gaps, right? So, it's not a move Bolt took lightly in their attempt to "smear Nigerians" and protect SA criminals as many of you have concluded, correct?

RandDigital:
Fair enough, but there's still the possibility of attempts to sue Bolt or exposure to brand damage, right?

Infact, this statement alone has the potential to scare customers away because it's an admission of serious security gaps, right? So, it's not a move Bolt took lightly in their attempt to "smear Nigerians" and protect SA criminals as many of you have concluded, correct?

The incident isn't any fault of bolt's.
No amount of security initiatives by Bolt would stop criminals from operating like they did.
Bolt doesn't vet customer who order rides. If they turn out to be criminals and murderers, jo one can blame Bolt.
Even if a Bolt-verified driver comits a crime while completing a trip, Bolt will bot be held completely liable. A person with a very clean record can develop a criminal mind just in one day.
Bolt has a couple of responsibilities to their drivers and customers, no doubt, but they took the attempt to exonerate themselves a little too far.
For what it's worth, the person with the crimw here is the owner of the profile who let someone else use his profile.
He should even be the first suspect in this crime.

Urgent1Million:
The incident isn't any fault of bolt's.
No amount of security initiatives by Bolt would stop criminals from operating like they did.
Bolt doesn't vet customer who order rides. If they turn out to be criminals and murderers, jo one can blame Bolt.
Even if a Bolt-verified driver comits a crime while completing a trip, Bolt will bot be held completely liable. A person with a very clean record can develop a criminal mind just in one day.
Bolt has a couple of responsibilities to their drivers and customers, no doubt, but they took the attempt to exonerate themselves a little too far.
For what it's worth, the person with the crimw here is the owner of the profile who let someone else use his profile.
He should even be the first suspect in this crime.

Part of what has led Bolt to issue this statement (and not wait til later as you would like) is because there's been public questions as to why the driver profile didn't match that of the victim.

Both owner and driver are culpable unfortunately, as young as he was, it was a violation of customer trust in a country battling with high rates of rape and other crime. That's why I said Bolt could potentially get a knock from this - it wasn't anything personal against Nigerians. You guys are overreacting.

So what? Pls lets ban Bolt in Nigeria in solidarity to this insensitive response from them.

Was that why they killed him. They will PAY

AMI3:
Yeah crime u said but is there no law in their country that protects foreigners no matter the crime they have committed?

Yeah most of the S/AFRICANS have attitude problem.
Go to Facebook pages and see how they always drag Nigerians in every given opportunity

I said it was a crime committed by South Africans, it wasnt targetted because someone was a foriegner. The law has apprehended them immediately. At leats, better than our own where over 200 will be killed and no one would be arrested. till date, no one has been arrested for slaughtering over 165 Nigerians in Kwara state. Is that not a shame? In their own, they caught the criminals under few days. Bravo

dear Nigerians,

please if SA bolt declares him illegally driving, please lets drag SA BOLT, to refund all the illegal monies he paid SA BOLT to the family because they cant keep illegal monies but declare an innocent man illegally driving. PLEASE LETS DRAG THEM UNTIL THEY DO THE RIGHT THING

Idaytesj29:
He is more handsome than you

I look like Tinubu

And does that justify the killing? The person is charge of that statement must be a xenophobic South african.

What point is that?

Maj196:
Oga I know but it's uncalled for, bolt is just trying to protect it's reputation not like they care about the death of the young man.

Yes you are right, the timing is very wrong but it's also wrong to say that they were trying to justify the killing. Nothing in the press release suggested that they were justifying the killing, they were only doing what every cooperate body would do i.e Protect their image. What the deceased did would also put the lives of passengers at risk if not checked now.

Exousiang01:
You obviously have problem with basic comprehension and that is your problem not Bolts.

Get a queen primer study and come back to read this news report again

You obviously lack common sense. You can't even simply read between the lines...

He chose the wrong Country for studies

Kastonkastroll:
And so? Even if he was operating illegally does that give anybody any right to take his life? Here in Nigeria, do we go about killing other nationals doing illegal activities in Nigeria? South Africans should better change the way they treat their fellow Africans.

South Africa is not the only country that have illegal immigrants. Nigeria even have more illegal immigrants residing in Nigeria and doing business more than any African country, the only thing is we don't care much about all the illegal immigrants in the country because an average Nigeria is always after his own survival and doesn't care much about any illegal immigrant in the country.

If Nigeria should start treating all these illegal immigrants in the country bad, many people will be surprised about the huge number of them in the country.

Well said.

Nigerians need to show South Africa that they can also be dealt with in Nigeria
There are over 120 South African companies in Nigeria making billions in key sectors; telecommunications, retail, banking, and hospitality, with prominent firms such as MTN, MultiChoice (DSTV), Shoprite, and Standard Bank .

In South Africa, they want everything to be South African owned, they only fear and respect European and Americans. They have something called BEE; Black Economic Empowerment, if u are not Black South African, U cant own anything, U cant do serious business but South Africa has businesses all over Africa generating up to $45B annually.


From Nigeria Alon;
MTN generates approximately ₦3.7 trillion in revenue and repatriates the funds to South Africa, yet they'll be hating and attacking Nigerians for mere driving uber or bolt , for owning mere saloons, or selling used clothes.

Nigerians need to wake up, dont say because U dont live there it doesn't affect U.
What if that MTN business was 100% Nigerian owned and the whole profit stays in Nigeria?

Nigerians need to sl@p South Africans in the face. Shut down thier embassies and top businesses for just 3 days. Their govt will wake up to stop these nonsense non stop attacks on Nigerians in South Africa

RandDigital:
I look like Tinubu

I bet you look more like Pieter Willem Botha, your Lord and Ona.

LabStores:
So because he's operating "ILLEGALY", he deserve to be killed like that?

Those savages that murdered him all deserve capital punishment with no option of appeal.

That's not why they killed him, they did so because he is a foreigner, a Nigerian for that matter.

Idaytesj29:
I bet you look more like Pieter Willem Botha, your Lord and Ona.

I guess he saved us from bleaching like you and your family

Wotowotoman:
Ogbeni, where in the article did they say it was enough reason for those thieves to kill him. Please show me

Baba....if you no understand my comment chilax abeg. The previous thread stater he was legally hustling ad schooling. Now this thread says he was illegally working in the country. I used the previous thread to make this comment. So calm down. We no dey quarrel

You see see excuse for murdering another human being in 2026, God whyyyyy if to say mama don born me for 1752 by now I for no dey dey see all this rubbish dey happen o... Rubbish life.

ednut1:
learn to read. Bolt has no obligation to pay compensation/ insurance settlement on him since he operated illegally

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That shouldn't be an excuse, those responsible for his death should rot in jail.