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An inter-ministerial committee has met to investigate the ongoing violence in the freight industry following sporadic acts of violence resulting from the employment of foreign truck drivers.
FILE: Labor and Employment Minister Thulas Nxesi addresses a press conference in Pretoria on Level 3 lockdown regulations on May 29, 2020. Image: @ GCISMedia / Twitter
JOHANNESBURG – Labor and Employment Minister Thulas Nxesi said he was concerned about retaliatory attacks on South African truckers as tensions in the trucking industry continue to rise.
An inter-ministerial committee has met to investigate the ongoing violence in the freight industry following sporadic acts of violence resulting from the employment of foreign truck drivers.
Nxesi said at least 84 trucks have been set on fire or damaged on the country’s roads since April.
While earlier this week, a man was found murdered near his truck in a veld in Alberton.
The departments of Labor, Interior, Transportation and State Security have finally broken their silence and are condemning the continued attacks with trucks.
They said they would address the matter decisively.
Minister Nxesi said that economic sabotage would not be tolerated and warned that if the acts of violence, intimidation and harassment did not come to an end, there would be consequences for South African drivers in other African countries leading to fears of retaliation by SADC . -border regions.
Musa Zondi, Acting Spokesperson: “It is a great fear, it is a possibility that our drivers may face retaliation, in fact there have been threats in that regard and as a government, of course, we want free movement in the SADC region. We depend on each other. others from an economic point of view. Everything must be done within the limits of the law, within the limits of applicable legislation and labor practices. “
The 12-member inter-ministerial committee will also review policies on migration and employment.
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