Let our foreign truckers drive

04 Jul 2022

Nicholas Woode-Smith

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Truck drivers slam a truck in an attempt to force drivers to park at City Deep Truck stop in Doornfontein, Johannesburg. South African truck drivers are protesting against the employment of foreign nationals. Picture: Rosetta Msimango/City Press

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As of June 20, 213 foreign truck drivers had been arrested for operating illegally.

This had been accompanied by local truck drivers staging economically devastating protests across the N3 and other major highways. These protests are already predicted to have cost the economy over R300 million.

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