Truck Drivers
latest news & developments
Truck drivers lament government’s slow moves to fix sector
The transport department says it is working on an 11-point plan to clean up the logistics industry and force businesses to comply with laws
South Africa’s growing social unrest proving as big a threat to growth
Third quarter GDP numbers have interrupted a four quarter economic growth streak because of the July unrest.
Brakes put on foreign truck drivers
New legislation aims to protect local jobs in the transport sector amid questions as to whether SA has enough willing and skilled drivers
Life and death at the Beitbridge border post
The seemingly endless queue at the Zimbabwe border post is not unusual, but Covid testing, a curfew and the Christmas rush stretched it for days. But no matter the obstacles, the…
On the road with East African truck drivers
In East Africa, truck drivers are being attacked, robbed and used as diplomatic footballs
Transport retirement fund making its mark
The fund brings stability to people’s lives and to help gear the country and its people for a brighter future
Africa’s largest truck stop
The Harrismith Highway Junction Truck Stop is designed to give truck drivers a well-earned rest, for the safety of all road users
Foreign truck drivers terrified in SA
Many of them are intimidated by mobs demanding keys and identity documents
Violence exacts huge toll on lives and a R1bn loss in the freight sector
The Road Freight Association puts the cost of the ongoing attacks on trucks at about R1.2-billion with 1 200 vehicles and cargo destroyed
Best practices abound in transport sector
The Transport Sector Retirement Fund uses cellphone technology to regularly engage, inform and educate its members
Trucking company accused of racial wage rigging
African drivers are allegedly being paid less than their white and coloured counterparts
On the road: Lifeline for sex workers and truck drivers emerges along trade route
A chain of clinics is helping to save lives on Malawi’s border with Mozambique.
Letters to the editor: March 24 to 31 2016
Readers write in about capitalism, and owner-drivers.
Adventures of the men who man the 16-wheelers
Some stories of the road are not what one would expect.
Pinetown truck driver sentenced to eight years and 10 months
Sanele Goodness May pleaded guilty to: culpable homicide, fraud, entering SA illegally, being in possession of fake licences and two other charges.