ATDF suspends 23 to 28 August 2020 trucks shutdown citing confusion
The leadership of the All Truck Drivers Forum (ATDF), Allied South Africa (ASA) and SACANTRA has announced the suspension of the trucks shutdown from 23…
All Truck Drivers Foundation (ATDF) is a group of local South African truck drivers advocating for 100% employment of locals. the group is led by Sipho Zungu who hails from KZN, which is also the stronghold of the group.
ATDF has been in the news for its campaign against the employment of foreign nationals, claiming that there are enough unemployed drivers to take over the jobs being done by the immigrant drivers.
With the law protecting the foreign drivers, ATDF resorted to violence as they allegedly burnt several trucks at Mooi River.
The truck violence spread to all corners of South Africa as trucks were torched in Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg.
N3 and N2 national routes have been the hardest hit.
Trucking companies warned about mooted ATDF shutdown over 23 to 28 August 2020
Following a notice doing rounds on social media by the All Truck Drivers Foundation (ATDF) of a planned national shutdown from 23 to 28 August…
United truck drivers will change the trucking industry, not ATDF
Events at Nida Transport are proving that unity amongst truck drivers give them a better chance of finding solutions to pressing matters rather than the…
No truck blockade on N3, says ATDF
All Truck Drivers Foundation (ATDF) has moved to douse the rumour of a truck blockade on the N3 freeway. Messages of an ATDF truck driver…
Here are the companies with drivers sponsoring the ATDF
From paying legal fees for incarcerated members to paying for the administration and the leaders of the organisation, the All Trucker Driver Foundation (ATDF) has…
All Truck Drivers Foundation suspends strike for now, report
The All Truck Drivers Foundation (ATDF) said that it was suspending its strike against the employment of foreign drivers for now, reports EWN. The demonstrations…
Truck Strike: Major traffic backlog after two trucks are set alight on N1 leaving Cape Town
Cape Town – Traffic is heavily backed up on the N1 after two trucks were set alight on the N1 towards Paarl in the early…
Striking truck drivers burn trucks, block major highways across the country
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Truck drivers uneasy as mooted 7 July truck driver strike nears
As the rumoured July 7 truck driver strike against the employment of foreigners looms, drivers from both sides are worried for their lives as previous…
Watch: ‘ATDF members’ dangerously drift cars on the middle of the N12 in Germiston
A video has surfaced online of two cars drifting in the middle of the N12 freeway Westbound just before the Kraft Road off-ramp in Germiston.…