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Moneyweb reports that the operations of several transport companies have been disrupted – and in some cases halted – by protests led by the SA National Cargo Transport Drivers Association (Sancatdra).
The protests, which are allegedly related to non-compliance with a National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry (NBCRFLI) agreement and the employment of foreign drivers, have aggravated the critical domestic market shortage of some building and construction materials, particularly the supply of cement. The disruption to cement transporters’ operations is happening against the backdrop of reports that at least 20 cargo trucks having been set alight or petrol-bombed since Thursday, on routes leading in and out of Gauteng. The Truckers Association of SA (Tasa) has appealed to Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula to take action to prevent more trucks from being torched. Sancatdra president Daniel Mofokeng said on Monday he did not know what had transpired and could not comment on who was responsible for burning those trucks. “We are not actually targeting anyone but we have been ‘dealing’ with a couple of companies like Elf Transport, All Bulk, Bogdans and Hilton Transport. It’s not a matter of targeting but is the matter of engaging with these [transporters], which are not willing to [come] to the table and engage,” Mofokeng stated. Bogdan Kazmierczak of Bogdans Transport, one of the largest transporters of bulk cement, said in a letter to customers that he had “no option but to close the company down and stop its operations with immediate effect”. Kazmierczak said 209 members of his workforce were not prepared to drive on 9 October 2020, resulting in him firing all of them.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Roy Cokayne at Moneyweb
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