A spate of attacks on foreigners across Durban has been linked to a protest by local truck drivers who accused foreign truck drivers of stealing jobs. TheMercurySA
Durban - The recent attacks on foreigners in Durban are believed to be linked to a truck drivers’ protest that started on Sunday. Early on Tuesday, more than 150 foreigners living in an informal settlement in Clare Estate had to flee the area after they were attacked by a group of men.
On Monday, foreigners employed as truck drivers were forced to abandon their vehicles in afternoon peak-hour traffic as local drivers intensified their protest action. “They told me that the protesters said that they are taking their jobs as truck drivers, security guards, and in other industries. The people fear for their lives,” she said.
“I feel like we are moving in the same direction as we were in 2015. The KwaZulu-Natal premier and MECs have let us down by not implementing their own commission’s findings and recommendations related to the 2015 xenophobic attacks,” said Mdlalose.
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