ATDF vows to protest until Mbalula listens to truckers' demands
The All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied SA has vowed to continue with its protest until Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula addresses their demands.
This after protesting truck drivers had partially blockaded the N12 road between Bloemhof and Wolmaransstad in the North West on Wednesday.
Roughly 100 trucks blockaded the R34 road.
The secretary of ATDF Sifiso Nyathi says the truck drivers are fed-up with employers and government’s reluctance to remove foreign nationals from the trucking industry.
He says since 2018 they have been negotiating with different ministers and various stakeholders regarding the issue of foreign nationals but with no luck.
“Now the drivers said that they will stay here until RFA leaders, NERSA leaders, and the ministers, Mr Mbalula and Mr Nxesi, come here. We never blocked the road, all small cars are passing but drivers now say they want things in writing by the RFA, NESA and ministers, indicating when the foreigners will go, because our brothers are sitting at home, they don’t have work. It’s a fact - driving is not a scarce skill,” says Nyathi.
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