The Witness reports that motorists were warned on Tuesday about huge traffic delays on the N3 near Montrose in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) as the roads were blocked, causing an extensive traffic backlog.

Allegedly, the backlog was caused by local truck drivers who were embarking on a nationwide shutdown to demand that freight companies do away with employing foreign nationals. According to the N3 Toll Concession (N3TC), truck drivers were obstructing the N3 Toll Route in both directions near Montrose. It said law enforcement had been deployed and was monitoring the situation. The protest began on Sunday in other provinces when a group of truck drivers prevented trucks from passing through the N10 national road outside Middelburg in the Eastern Cape.

• Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Sakhiseni Nxumalo at The Witness

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