Truck Association believes other ulterior motives are behind burning of trucks
An association representing foreign truck drivers believes those behind the violence that rocked the freight industry recently - have an ulterior motive.
Rashid Amfonfo who is with the SADC Cross Border Drivers Association says the motive has got nothing to the employment of foreign nationals in the trucking industry.
"The industry itself is a fail, when you listen to the media, that foreigners occupy 80% of the jobs in the industry, that is hogwash. It might be a political-motivated issue," he says.
Local drivers belonging to the All Truck Drivers Foundation this week ordered foreign truckers to leave their jobs by next Tuesday.
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Dozens of heavy-duty vehicles have been looted or set alight during attacks in parts of the country in recent weeks.
On Sunday, a 45-year-old man from Pinetown was found dead near a burning truck in Alberton in Gauteng.
Amfonfo says if these issues aren't resolved peacefully, they'll be forced to defend themselves.
"It's not a threat nor is it a retaliation. But this must be solved immediately so that our countries can benefit from what they are bonafide to benefit from," he adds.
