95%+
of a normal fare to your driver
Your driver keeps the fare
The big apps take up to a quarter. We take 5% commission, or nothing from drivers on PRO, plus a 2% rider fee shown upfront. Before you book, you see to the cent what your driver keeps.
Proudly local · changing e-hailing
Your ride,
your safety.
Safety first — every driver’s ID is checked against Home Affairs records and matched to their face, with a Secure Drive face-check at pickup. Your price, shown upfront before you book. Built here, with local drivers who earn more and look out for you.
Cape Town pilot · Joburg & Durban next · POPIA-compliant
- 5% commission — not 25%
- Secure Drive face-check at pickup
- Book on WhatsApp
- Every driver verified
Watch a ShotLeftCab happen
Thumb out — you request a ride
A nearby driver accepts
They’re on the way to you
You arrive. Shot left.
Why ShotLeftCab
More for your driver.
No surprises for you.
A South African ride app that shows you the real numbers, and stands behind them.
R0
added after you book
The price you book is the price you pay
Fixed before you confirm and never re-metered on the way. Card trips are charged once, at booking. Surge is capped at 1.5×, and that cap is in our terms.
1:1
face match at pickup
The driver we checked is the one who arrives
On Secure Drive trips, the driver passes a live face-check at pickup that matches the person we verified. No lent accounts, no swapped drivers.
Ways to ride
Two ways in. No download required.
The big apps make you download a heavy app and burn data just to book a ride. We don’t. Ride from your browser, or book entirely inside a WhatsApp chat — the lightest way to hail a ride in South Africa.
Web app
Open it in any browser, on any phone or laptop — book, track and pay with nothing to install and nothing eating your storage. Works on the most basic handset.
Book a whole trip inside a chat — quote, driver, PIN and all — on barely any data. You won’t find this on Uber or Bolt, and it’s a lifeline when data is tight or the phone is basic.
iOS & Android
Native apps are on the way — Cape Town first. For now everything runs on the web and WhatsApp, so there’s nothing stopping you riding today.
ShotLeftCab Plus
Members get more.
A club of perks for about the price of one trip a month — priority pickup even in surge, no 2% service fee, and 2% back as ride credit (up to R30 a month). Pay weekly, monthly or yearly, cancel anytime.
Weekly
R9/week
Try it out. Cancel anytime.
Most popular
Monthly
R29/month
Pays for itself in about six rides.
Yearly
R290/year
Two months free vs monthly.
Priority pickup — even in surge
When cars are scarce and surge kicks in, members are matched to a driver first — you jump the queue ahead of non-members, exactly when it matters most. Plus doesn’t change the surge price: members pay the same live rate as everyone else, capped at 1.5×.
No 2% service fee
Everyone else pays a 2% rider service fee on every trip. While your membership is active you pay none — you’ll see it struck through on your receipt.
2% back in ride credit
Complete a trip and 2% of what you paid comes back as ride credit — automatically, up to R30 per calendar month. It’s credit towards your next rides, not cash, and it quietly pays your membership back.
See what you save
A live savings meter in the app totals your waived fees and cashback, so you always know exactly what Plus is worth to you.
For drivers
Earn more.
Drive safer.
No 25% bite — 5% commission on FREE, or 0% on PRO where you also keep every rand of surge. And drive protected: a panic button that’s yours too, and you see each rider’s trust tier before you accept.
FREE
5%per trip
Free weekly payout. Nothing upfront. On surged trips we also keep 0.1 of the surge multiplier.
PRO
R200/week · or R750/month
0% commission, all your surge · free instant cash-out, any day.
Straight about surge: the rider pays the true surge rate, capped at 1.5×. On FREE we keep 0.1 of that multiplier out of the driver’s side — never below the normal 1.0× fare, and never a cent extra for the rider. On PRO it doesn’t apply at all. See the full breakdown →
Fair by default: your first month on PRO is money-back — if it’s quiet, we refund down to what FREE would’ve cost. After that, a fixed fee.
Safe by default: panic button, live trip sharing, cashless card payments, and an ops team alerted the moment you press panic — because driving should pay and protect.
Need a PrDP, SA licence, police clearance and a 2005+ vehicle. KYC under 24 hours.
Safety
Trust, not luck.
Riders and drivers get the same protections. Trust is earned and shown, never assumed.
Verified, and kept verified
Licence, PrDP, operating licence, insurance and vehicle are checked. The driver’s ID is checked against Home Affairs and matched to their face. Anything expires, they can’t go online.
Secure Drive
A live face-check at pickup proves the verified driver is the one driving you, and confirms you to them.
Panic, both sides
One tap texts your live location to your guardians and alerts our ops team. Can’t speak? Send it silently.
Trust tiers you can see
Bronze, Silver or Gold, built only from two-way ratings. You see your driver’s tier; they see yours.
Women drivers
Verified women riders can ask for a woman driver, and we match one first where we can.
Share your trip
Send a live tracking link on WhatsApp. Your people watch the route all the way.
Safe & legal, by the book
The checks the law requires — built in.
South Africa’s e-hailing rules (the NLTA and its 2023 amendments) set a real bar for who may drive you. We don’t treat it as paperwork — every check is enforced in the system before a driver can take a single trip.
Operating licence & PrDP
Every driver holds a valid e-hailing operating licence and Professional Driving Permit, both checked before they go online. Your trip e-receipt shows the driver’s operating licence and permit details (NLTA reg 26).
Criminal record
A Professional Driving Permit is only issued after a SAPS police clearance, and every driver must declare they have no pending criminal cases before they can go online (NLTA reg 20).
Verified identities
ID numbers are checked against Home Affairs records through our verification partner, and faces are matched to the ID document. ID photos are deleted within days of the check. For riders it’s optional: verifying unlocks cash payments, Secure Drive and the women-driver option.
Insurance & POPIA
E-hailing passenger insurance is required of every driver, and your personal data is handled to POPIA — minimised, encrypted, and never sold.
No app? No problem.
Book a ride on WhatsApp.
Message ShotLeftCab, share your pickup, and our assistant sorts the rest — quote, driver and PIN, right in the chat.
Good to know
Questions, answered.
How is the fare worked out?
A base charge plus a per-kilometre and per-minute rate for your ride class — roughly R10–R12 a kilometre all-in on Economy, depending on how long the trip is — plus a 2% service fee. It’s all shown upfront before you book; estimate a fare here. Surge applies in busy areas but is capped hard at 1.5× for everyone, members included. ShotLeftCab Plus members don’t pay the 2% service fee at all and get 2% of each fare back as ride credit, up to R30 per calendar month. After 22:00 a minimum-fare guarantee kicks in so drivers willing to work late don’t get short-changed on short trips.
How much of my fare does the driver keep?
Most of it. On the FREE plan we take a 5% commission, and on a surged trip we also keep 0.1 of the surge multiplier out of the driver’s side (you pay the true surge rate either way — the spread comes out of our share, never yours, and it can never pay a driver less than the normal 1.0× fare). On PRO we take 0% commission and the driver keeps every rand of surge, for a flat R200/week or R750/month. Tips are always 100% the driver’s. The full driver breakdown is here.
What does verifying my ID unlock?
Verifying your SA ID unlocks the safety and payment features: cash payments, Secure Drive (a live face-check with your driver at pickup) and the women-driver option, plus a verified badge your driver can see. It’s optional — you can always ride with a card without verifying. We check your ID number against Home Affairs records and delete the ID photos within days of the check. (Money perks like cashback and zero service fees come with ShotLeftCab Plus — Plus is open to riders who have verified their ID.)
What are Bronze, Silver and Gold tiers?
Every rider and driver has a trust tier built purely from your two-way ratings. Everyone starts on Silver; great trips move you to Gold, and it can slip to Bronze if ratings drop — but a low tier never blocks you from riding. Your tier shows on your profile photo to your driver (and theirs to you). Riding well is the only way to climb — verifying your ID is separate (it unlocks cash and the safety features).
Can I pay cash?
Cash is available once you verify your ID — it’s a verified-rider option, and cash fares round up to the nearest R5 so there’s no change to count. Card is available to everyone, even before you verify.
Can I refer a friend?
Share your code from Profile → Refer a friend. When they take their first trip you both get ride credit (R30 for them, R50 for you). See the referral terms in the Passenger Terms.
Where do I send a complaint?
In-app: Help → Send us a message, or email admin@shotleftcab.co.za. We reply as soon as we can, usually the same day.
Ready to ShotLeftCab?
Verified drivers, fairer driving, safer the whole way home. Local e-hailing, done right.
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