ANA reports that Zambia's High Commission in Pretoria on Monday issued a travel advisory warning to its citizens in the trucking business to avoid travelling to SA on 2 September.  

The commission's Naomi Nyawali said reports had been received of some Zambian truck drivers being threatened with violence ahead of a planned nationwide work stoppage by their disgruntled South African counterparts, who were fighting for better conditions of services from their employers.  Notices doing the rounds on Twitter and WhatsApp from unidentified individuals purporting to represent South African truck drivers have apparently been calling for a nationwide work stoppage among SA drivers from 2 September.  The notices also warn that "no foreign truck drivers will be allowed to drive across South Africa".  "It is with this background that [Zambia's High Commission] would like to advise all Zambian truck drivers who are scheduled to travel to South Africa on the mentioned date not to do so until security is guaranteed," Nyawali cautioned.

• Read the full original of the above report by Jonisayi Maromo at Independent News

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