Foreign truck drivers in south africa

 · For the first time in her year trucking career, Holly McCormick has found herself coordinating with an agency in South Africa to source foreign drivers. A recruiter for Groendyke Transport, McCormick has doubled her budget since the pandemic and .  · The Department of Transport (DoT) anticipates that foreign nationals will soon be unable to drive South African registered trucks while in possession of .  · 4 December New Zimbabwe (London) The failure by the government to provide feedback on November 3 to small truck operators regarding the employment of foreign drivers working in South Africa.

The Department of Transport (DoT) anticipates that foreign nationals will soon be unable to drive South African registered trucks while in possession of foreign professional driving permits (PDPs). Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says proposed regulations to the National Road Traffic Act are before Parliament – which could prohibit foreign nationals from operating South African registered trucks using foreign professional driving permits. This follows the blockading of the N10 near Middleburg, in the Eastern Cape, by striking truck drivers – demanding the immediate removal of truck drivers of foreign origin from the country’s roads and the verification of their documents. Truck protests in South Africa. Photo: SANews As at least 30 trucks driven by foreign drivers have been torched since Thursday, one driver shot and burnt to death and others hospitalised, the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Premier, Sihle Zikalala, has appealed for calm and a peaceful resolution to all the concerns facing truck drivers and the road freight industry as a whole.

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