At some point during their journey, the Uber app said the maximum driving limit had been reached.

“You’ve driven for the maximum time allowed on the Uber app. Your app will now be offline until 1.37am,” it said.

“The Uber app stopped the trip because we were on the trip for a very long time. Let’s just say we did what the app has never seen,” said Moyo.

Arriving in Cape Town, Moyo and his friends agreed they would spend R5,000 on their stay. 

According to a screengrab from Moyo’s Uber app, the fee for the 1,400km trip was R8,365.

Moyo’s ride is not the longest Uber trip ever taken. The record is held by a YouTuber known as MrBeast who rode from North Carolina to Los Angeles, California in the US. The 3,630km journey took 35 hours and cost $5,500 (about R105,081). 

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