Mbalula says government will address protesting truck drivers' concerns

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Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has promised the government will address concerns raised by truck drivers who blockaded national roads.

The drivers were protesting over the employment of truck drivers and also issues relating to professional driving permits.

He said the government had met protesting truck drivers and small truck operators who had blockaded the N9 and the N10 highways outside Middelburg in the Eastern Cape. Mbalula said they were also aware of a similar blockade on the N3 near Montrose in the Free State on Tuesday. An amendment to the Road Traffic Act Regulations, which incorporates a provision that a professional driving permit issued by a foreign country will only be applicable to a vehicle registered in that country. Once this regulation comes into effect, a foreign national will therefore not be permitted to drive a South African-registered truck using a foreign professional driving permit.

 

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