News24 reports that a truck was set alight on Monday in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape in apparent ongoing attacks on foreign nationals driving manganese ore trucks.
Eastern Cape police said six people stopped and petrol-bombed the truck at 05.40 on Monday on the N2 between Bluewater Bay and the Markman off ramp. The truck was empty and was travelling towards Markman. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu reported that the driver escaped unscathed while the road was temporarily closed to remove the truck. No protestors were on the scene when police arrived. The incident was not related to the nationwide public violence and allegedly stemmed from an internal issue with the company. According to insiders, the attack on the truck relates to an organised group of local truck drivers targeting foreign national truck drivers in the manganese ore industry. The Nelson Mandela Business Chamber (NMBC) and the Democratic Alliance condemned the incident.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Malibongwe Dayimani at News24
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