According to Claudia Schoeman, MD of Hawkeye Trucker Assist, there were several instances of trucks being set alight on Sunday night.
The industry has been marred by violence and vandalism as organisations, said to be representing the interests of South African truck drivers, demand that the government take action against the employment of foreigners.
TimesLIVE was e-mailed a statement claiming that drivers would embark on a national shutdown on Tuesday. “In Eastern Cape alone, there are over 500 qualified truck drivers who are unemployed while the industry employs over 90% of foreign truck drivers. The citizens have received support from over 1,000 truck drivers nationally who will not drive any trucks from July 7 in solidarity with the unemployed.”
Kiet had previously slammed the government for entering into talks with an “illegitimate association,” such as ATDF.
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