Tensions mount as foreign national drivers come under attack in KZN and Gauteng

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison Bheki Ntuli said law enforcement agencies would be on high alert in the province to ensure traffic was not disrupted due to protest action on the provincial and national trade routes.

The All Truck Drivers’ Foundation , advocating the 100% employment of local drivers, said the shutdown would start today. He said while they had not initiated the call for the strike, their drivers were frustrated and would support the shutdown. “I cannot hold them off. If I try to calm them down, I will have to provide them with something they can hold on to. At this stage, I don’t have anything to reassure them. The government has not given me any solid feedback.

In June last year, after several trucks were torched during violent protest action over the same issue, a task team, comprising senior officials from the departments of Labour, Home Affairs, Transport, the KZN Premier’s Office, and representatives from the truck owners’ and drivers’ associations formed a task team.“There is nothing concrete on the table. The government just wants to calm the drivers down by giving them false hope,” he said.A ZIMBABWEAN truck driver came under attack in Gauteng.

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