FILE: Truck drivers moving extremely slow on Stanza Bopape to the Pretoria CBD. Picture: @EWNTraffic/Twitter.

Foreign truck drivers

Truck drivers want road freight bargaining council board to recuse itself

The group has handed a memorandum of demands to the council in Johannesburg on Tuesday - its major gripe remains the employment of foreign nationals in this...

Truck drivers' foundation suspends protests for now

A number of trucks were torched across parts of Cape Town. Some local drivers were against the hiring of foreigners.

284 days ago
Violent attacks on truck drivers ‘destroying economy, livelihoods’

A number of trucks were set alight after drivers protested against the employment of foreign nationals in the past week.

285 days ago
Truckers to protest against employment of foreign nationals until demands met

The All Truck Drivers Foundation claims that foreigners are being given preference because they are willing to be paid less and employers overlook their lack of proper paperwork to work legally in the country.

288 days ago