KwaZulu-Natal cops vow to curb truckers’ threat of highways shutdown
Drivers are planning to shut N2 and N3 down on Sunday over the hiring of foreigners
25 February 2022 - 12:36
bySuthentira Govender
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SA National Defence Force soldiers near Mariannhill Toll Plaza in Durban keeping watch with police officers on Friday. Picture: YASANTHA NAIDOO
KwaZulu-Natal police said on Friday they are treating the threat of a planned shutdown of main highways in the province as serious.
TimesLIVE reported on Thursday that the All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied SA (ATDF ASA) secretary-general Sifiso Nyathi confirmed that some drivers are planning a shutdown on Sunday over the hiring of foreign truck drivers.
The N2 and N3 have been targeted in past protests.
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On Friday, a truck was used to block the R102 between Mandeni and Gingindlovu in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The scene has been cleared, said local authorities.
Police spokesperson Thembeka Mbele said the police treats “all threats as serious and will deploy police officers and … resources” to curb it.
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KwaZulu-Natal cops vow to curb truckers’ threat of highways shutdown
Drivers are planning to shut N2 and N3 down on Sunday over the hiring of foreigners
KwaZulu-Natal police said on Friday they are treating the threat of a planned shutdown of main highways in the province as serious.
TimesLIVE reported on Thursday that the All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied SA (ATDF ASA) secretary-general Sifiso Nyathi confirmed that some drivers are planning a shutdown on Sunday over the hiring of foreign truck drivers.
The N2 and N3 have been targeted in past protests.
On Friday, a truck was used to block the R102 between Mandeni and Gingindlovu in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The scene has been cleared, said local authorities.
Police spokesperson Thembeka Mbele said the police treats “all threats as serious and will deploy police officers and … resources” to curb it.
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