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TimesLIVE writes that truck drivers who spend hours on the road, dependent on getting hot meals at their rest stops at petrol stations along their routes, have spoken of the horrible weeks they have had on the road, unable to get proper food.
The Covid-19 lockdown regulations, in place since 27 March, ordered that all restaurants, even those operating from petrol stations along the highways, must be non-operational during the lockdown. Simon Potelwa, who works for a freight logistics company, has for years purchased hot meals on the road along the Kusile Power Station near Witbank from street vendors selling different kinds of hot meals. The vendors have had to shut down during the lockdown, forcing him to change his diet. “I now eat bread and milk while I am on the road. There’s nothing else,” Potelwa lamented. Sometimes he spends three days away from home. Adding to his frustration is the inability to buy cigarettes on the road, which Potelwa said had been a welcome comfort during the rest stop. International humanitarian organisation Ashraful Aid has sympathised with one of the biggest challenges that the long distance drivers are battling with – decent meals. The difficult circumstances of other drivers are further related in this report by TimesLIVE.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Shonisani Tshikalange and Naledi Shange at TimesLIVE
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