Business Report writes that the Department of Transport said on Friday that policy changes in the road freight industry would be hastened following widespread protests by truck owners and drivers and meetings held with them.

Two weeks ago, the government had promised to meet aggrieved truckers and drivers who complained about foreign nationals taking their work opportunities and the lack of strict regulation in this industry within the country. The Transport Department said on Friday in a statement that the government would address licensing and other issues, including cross-border transport relations, foreign drivers issued licences, fake licences, prosecution of non-complying employers, and discrimination against local drivers by the industry. A joint inspection undertaken to address non-compliance in the freight sector would also be intensified, with law enforcement including migration and road traffic and the SAPS playing a much more active role. The government further committed to scan migration and transport legislation impacting negatively on South African drivers, and said it would implement tough measures against employers who employed people without proper documentation.

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