Truck Violence in South Africa continues to cost the economy bearing negative effects on unemployment.
Perpetrators of the truck violence have been the obvious criminals who want to reap where they did not saw and the ATDF whose members have resorted to violence to force employers to listen to them.
Durban – A KwaZulu-Natal truck driver was killed in yet another brutal attack in the province on Monday. The driver, identified as Charles Ntini, 37, who is a Zimbabwean national, was found dead a few metres away from his burning truck on the N2 Main Harding road in Paddock, in southern KZN. Provincial police spokesperson […]
A truck has been petrol bombed on the N2 just before Kokstad coming from Umtata direction on Sunday afternoon. It was not immediately clear who attacked the truck and for what reason.
Cape Town- A truck driver is lucky to escape unharmed after he and his two passengers were petrol bombed at the intersection of Onverwacht road and N2 highway in Lwandle in Cape Town. Police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said that three unknown men approached the vehicle at the intersection and threw the petrol bomb
Cape Tow – Gastao Foods have released video footage showing an attack on one of their trucks in Cape Town on Wednesday night. The truck was petrol-bombed at the N2 and Broadlands Road intersection in Somerset West on 08 August 2019. According to Gastao Foods, one of the two drivers was injured when he jumped
Police in Paterson in the Eastern Cape are investigating a case of malicious damage to property after two trucks were torched and destroyed, causing damage estimated at R3 million. Police spokesperson, Captain Andre Beetge said the incident occurred at around 2am on Tuesday, about 11 kilometeres from Paterson on the N10. Beetge said the trucks
Foreign truck drivers are incensed by an article that they say is misrepresenting them in a very dangerous way. They have called it inflammatory at a time where peace seemed to have started to prevail. SA Trucker received complaints from several truck drivers from Zambia and Zimbabwe who say that the organization quoted by City
Durban – Over and above their overtime, Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI) officers used to be paid for callouts to emergencies but the introduction of a new rule on overtime has put a stop to that resulting in minimal to no staff available to attend serious incidents. This was revealed in a report by The Witness
A truck driver and his conductor have been critically injured after they were shot at several times on N2 north bound in Durban. According to Rescue Care’s Garrith Jamieson, the truck driver and conductor sustained critical injuries. Various emergency services including the Lenmed 1 Aeromedical helicopter responded to scene on N2 between M1 and M7
Huddlestone Logistics truck driver Bernard Groenewald is fighting for his life after his vehicle was petrol bombed near Touws River on Sunday. His condition is critical after he sustained serious burns on 60% of his body. He was chased by attackers after they petrol bombed his truck while he was resting at a lay by
A 50-year-old man sustained serious burn wounds when his truck was set alight along the N1 approximately 10km outside of Touws River during the early hours of this morning. At approximately 1am on Sunday morning, paramedics from ER24 came across the incident where they found the man’s truck well alight on the side of the
