KZN Government provides feedback on efforts to curb the employment of foreign national truck drivers in the freight and logistics sector.

The KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Willies Mchunu and the MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Mxolisi Kaunda convened a meeting with truck drivers to provide feedback on the interventions government has put in place to curb the employment of foreign national truck drivers in the freight and logistics sector.

The meeting follows a series of engagements with local truck drivers after they embarked on illegal protests against the employment of foreign truck drivers. The violent protests which took place in Mooi River and Van Reenen early this year resulted in the damage and looting of over 30 trucks along the N3 in Mooi River.

The Meeting which was also attended by the Department of Home Affairs and Labour, received a report that since the last meeting the Premier convened with the local truck drivers and employers in June, a number of law enforcement operations have been conducted in companies which illegally employ foreign truck drivers.

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