A truck drivers' association, on Monday became the second industry stakeholder to distance itself from the sporadic violent truck drivers strike.least 20 people were reported on Monday to have been arrested in KwaZulu-Natal in connection with the ongoing truck strike, and are facingThreats made on social media at the weekend said the strike would be held from Monday to Tuesday.
“It's purely criminals who are behind this and they don't want to come forward and admit to who they are. “The word on the ground is that [criminals] will probably continue [on Tuesday]. This strike will haveThere has been tension between foreign and SA truck drivers, with the latter accusing the former of stealing their jobs. This has led to scores of foreign national truck drivers being attacked and their trucks torched on the busy N3 and N2 roads.
ICTA president Denis Juru said the association's drivers were operating in the country legally, and warned that “no-one has monopoly on violence”.