Foreign truck drivers
RFA on high alert during anticipated foreign truck drivers' strike
A stay away by foreign drivers is planned for this week but the Road Freight Association (RFA) said that there were no demonstrations on Monday.
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RFA: Some businesses will be hit hard by foreign truck drivers' strike
The foreign drivers, who do not form part of the industry's bargaining council, plan to pull up their handbrakes this week to protest their continued attacks by locals who want them to be replaced by South Africans.
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Govt vows to resolve tensions in road freight industry
This follows sporadic protests by truck drivers who are up in arms about foreign nationals being employed.
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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 country.
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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.
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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.
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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.
