LISTEN | Pongola crash driver's camera 'intentionally blocked', says employer

The owner of the truck involved in a deadly Pongola crash says what the driver was doing at the time can therefore not be establishedThe N2 between Piet Retief and Pongola in northern KZN, a vital route for coal transportation, has been labelled a 'death trap' after last week's fatal crash.

Masinga said he wasn't sure when the camera was obscured, but it could have been some time back after drivers protested, claiming it was an invasion of privacy.Content hosted by iono.fm He said Siyaya, from Jozini, about 60km from Pongola, was travelling from Ermelo, Mpumalanga, to Richards Bay to offload about 36 tonnes of coal at the port.

He should be locked up along side his driver as he definately did not do his due diligence.

By the Minister’s statement, he’s admitting that road doesn’t have any truck control systems that other major inter-provincial roads. Why?

ATDF drivers and their 100 rights. You cannot give ex taxi drivers a 34 tonne killer machine and expect better results without taking them through mentorship and rigorous training exercises

Why did the owner not have any in-cab cameras and other monitoring and tracking of the driver and his behaviour? The technology has been around for years.

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