Fares that make sense
R12/km, shown upfront — no estimate that creeps higher. We take a small fraction of what the big apps do, so prices stay low.
Proudly local · changing e-hailing
Your ride,
your price.
R12 a kilometre, shown upfront — no service fee. Built in South Africa for South Africans: local drivers who earn more and look out for you, and safety the big apps can’t match.
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 ShotLeft happen
Thumb out — you request a ride
A nearby driver accepts
They’re on the way to you
You arrive. Shot left.
Why ShotLeft
Fairer for everyone in the car.
Truly local — built here, banking local drivers and rewarding the excellent ones. Cheaper for you, safer for everyone, and not a cent of your fare flying overseas.
Trust tiers & rewards
Every rider and driver carries a Bronze, Silver or Gold tier from your two-way ratings — everyone starts Silver and climbs with great trips. Verify your ID to climb faster and earn ride credit, cashback and a shielded surge.
Safety, built in
Verified drivers, a Secure Drive face-check at pickup that proves the driver who passed our checks is the one actually driving you, panic buttons for both sides, live trip sharing, and a women-driver option.
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 cheapest 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.
ShotLeft Plus
Members get more.
A club of perks for about the price of one trip a month — priority pickup, a surge cap and loyalty rewards that pay for rides. 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
When cars are scarce, members are matched to a driver first — you jump the queue ahead of non-members.
Surge shield
Your surge is capped at 1.25×, even when an area hits our 1.5× ceiling. The driver still earns the full surged fare — we cover the difference.
Loyalty Shots
Earn 1 Shot per R1 you spend. 500 Shots = R25 of ride credit you can put towards any trip at checkout.
For drivers
Earn more.
Drive safer.
No 25% bite — keep up to 100% of every fare. 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.
PRO
R200/week
0% commission · free instant cash-out, any day.
Fair by default: if a quiet week would’ve cost you less on FREE, we refund the difference. You never pay more for going PRO.
Safe by default: panic button, live trip sharing, cashless card payments, and a 24/7 ops desk — because driving should pay and protect.
Start drivingNeed a PrDP, SA licence, police clearance and a 2005+ vehicle. KYC under 24 hours.
Safety
Trust, not luck.
Safety runs both ways on ShotLeft — riders and drivers each get the same protections, and trust is earned and shown, not assumed.
Verified drivers — and re-verified
Before anyone picks up a rider we check their SA licence, Professional Driving Permit, SAPS police clearance, e-hailing insurance, and match their face to their SA ID at Home Affairs. Documents are re-checked as they expire — a driver whose clearance, licence or insurance lapses is blocked from going online until they re-verify. No valid checks, no trips.
Secure Drive — the right driver
On a Secure Drive trip, a live face-check at pickup proves the driver who passed our KYC is the same person actually driving you — and confirms you to them. No swapped cars, no lent accounts, no impersonation.
Panic button — both sides
Riders and drivers get a one-tap panic button. It sends your live location to your emergency contacts and alerts our 24/7 ops desk straight away.
Trust tiers you can see
Everyone — rider and driver — carries a Bronze, Silver or Gold tier built from two-way ratings (everyone starts Silver). You see your driver’s tier before you accept; they see yours. Verify your ID to climb faster.
Women drivers
Women riders can ask for a woman driver and we’ll try to match one first. To protect our women drivers, the option is for verified women riders only.
Share your trip
Send a live tracking link on WhatsApp — your family sees the route the whole 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 a Professional Driving Permit — verified before they go online, and printed on your trip e-receipt (NLTA reg 26).
Police clearance
SAPS criminal-record clearance is mandatory and re-checked. No clearance, no driving — no exceptions.
Verified identities
Drivers and riders are checked against their SA ID with the Department of Home Affairs — one-way, never stored or shared. For riders it’s optional and rewarded: verifying unlocks cash, Secure Drive and the women-driver option, and earns ride credit, cashback and a shielded surge.
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 ShotLeft, 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?
R12/km plus a small per-minute and base charge. Surge applies in busy areas but is capped hard at 1.5× — and ShotLeft Plus members are capped tighter still, at 1.25×, with the driver still paid the full surged fare. After 22:00 a minimum-fare guarantee kicks in so drivers willing to work late don’t get short-changed on short trips.
What does verifying my ID unlock?
A lot, and it’s all upside. The moment your SA ID is verified you earn ride credit, you start earning cashback on trips, your surge is shielded, and you climb the trust tiers faster. Verifying also unlocks cash payments and Secure Drive. You can always ride without verifying — verifying just makes it cheaper and safer. We check your ID one-way with Home Affairs; we never store the document or share it.
What are Bronze, Silver and Gold tiers?
Every rider and driver has a trust tier built 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), and verifying your ID helps you climb.
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 verify and take their first trip you both get a ride credit (R30 for them, R50 for you).
Where do I send a complaint?
In-app: Help → Send us a message, or email support@shotleftcab.co.za. We aim to reply within 4 hours during the day.
Ready to ShotLeft?
Lower fares, fairer driving, safer the whole way home. Local e-hailing, done right.
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