Uber drivers in SA want to be independent workers Uber South Africa has hit back after a local human rights attorney announced that it would be representing Uber drivers in a class action suit. Most Uber drivers want to work independently and major changes to the Uber App have improved benefits for local drivers Uber South Africa said in response to the recent announcement of pending legal action against the firm. South African human rights attorneys Mbuyisa Moleele Attorneys, assisted by Leigh Day announced that they will be filing a class action against Uber BV and Uber SA to have drivers declared “employees” in the Johannesburg Labour Court. The move follows a UK Supreme Court victory in which the court ruled that the firm’s drivers in the UK were “workers” in terms of UK labour legislation, and therefore entitled to benefits such as holiday pay.