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Journey’s end: Although KwaZulu-Natal has escaped much of the trucking violence that has rocked the country in the latest flare-up, the province has a history of attacks on road freight industry vehicles, particularly those driven by foreigners. (Jacques Stander)
DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS

Xenophobia weaponised in ‘truck wars’

KZN’s premier has tried to intervene by offering South Africans preferential access to jobs, but foreign drivers say locals don’t want the work

  • Des Erasmus
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