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N3 blockade at Van Reenens – trucking industry once again held hostage

Dec 03, 2021 The Road Freight Association (RFA), Gavin Kelly, N3 blockade


N3 blockade at Van Reenens – trucking industry once again held hostage

 

Once again, the transport and logistics industry is being held captive by those who prefer to work outside the law. 

 

The vital N3 route between the Port of Durban and the interior has been blocked - again. Violence and looting has occurred according to some reports - whilst individuals have taken the law into their own hands to pull drivers from trucks to check their personal documents. The reports are that the SA Police Service (SAPS) is "monitoring the situation". 

 

Law abiding transporters are subjected to this. The Road Freight Association (RFA) has called on Government again and again to do what is necessary. They must deal with those who see themselves above the law - arrest, detain and investigate the inciters, those who perpetrate these acts, and those who take it upon themselves to act like police or authorities of the State.

 

Those employers who continue to break the law, are not registered with the various authorities as required by various legislative prescripts or continue to employ individuals at rates below the minimums, must be dealt with. The SAPS must intervene and take action - not stand on the sideline and "monitor". We are fast losing any respect as a safe, efficient and desirable route for the movement of goods out of, and into, Africa - and even South Africa).

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