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Foreign truck drivers

RFA on high alert during anticipated foreign truck drivers' strike

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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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    199 days ago
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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.

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

    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.

    610 days ago
  • FILE: Dalia al-Darawish  is preparing for an exam to become one of only a handful of qualified female Palestinian truck drivers, a test the 26-year-old sees as about more than just driving. Picture: Pixabay.com

    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.

    765 days ago
  • FILEl A truck driver was killed on Sunday, 12 May 2019, after a rock was hurled at his vehicle on the N1 near De Doorns. Picture: Facebook.com

    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.

    767 days ago
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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.

    770 days ago
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