The Road Freight Association has published an open letter to president Cyril Ramaphosa, calling for urgent intervention to end attacks on South Africa’s trucking and road freight sector.
The letter, penned by the chief executive Gavin Kelly, warns that the country’s entire logistics chain is under threat due to violence and acts of sabotage., with over 350 trucks blocked in either direction. The N3 route links one of the busiest ports in Africa to many countries that rely on a well-functioning, safe and efficient corridor.
“The action discriminates against those companies who comply with all the legislated requirements, or even come from foreign countries – whilst our calls for action against those companies who continue to break the laws, employ foreigners without the correct authorisations and refuse to register or submit to the inspections done by the Department of Employment and Labour, continue to operate and create the position we, as a country, find ourselves in.
“Ships will sail past to other ports – they will not wait for us to get our act together. We will lose trade and business to and through South Africa. Our ports will become ghost towns – and the surrounding businesses relating to those activities of trade and support will close. More unemployment.
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