They say no trucks will be moving across the country. They are protesting against the hiring of foreign nationals in the trucking industry.

They say that the operating of trucks is not a critical skill and want this job to be reserved for South Africans only.

The truckers are expected to march to the Bargaining council offices in Pietermaritzburg and Johannesburg on Monday to deliver their memorandum.

The Forum’s General Secretary, Sifiso Nyathi, says their call is not driven by xenophobia.

“Our issue, our grievance and our pain is that we need zero percent foreigners in the trucking industry. This is not xenophobic, it is the law that is working in all countries in the SADC, including South Africa. There are many companies which are fly-by-night and employ foreigners only. This is not a critical skill, it is a normal skill and it belongs to South Africans. That is why today we are embarking on a stay away and we are not driving trucks,” says Nyathi.

SABC