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Two trucks, reportedly carrying goods for supermarkets, were set alight on the N1 highway near Cape Town during strikes over the employment of foreigners as truck drivers Pictures: ESA ALEXANDER
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Trucks torched on second day of protest against foreign drivers

Two trucks were used to barricade the N1 highway and then set alight during protests by truck drivers on Wednesday. Bystanders helped themselves to the scorched remains of goods from the trucks. Goods including bleach, wine bottles and…

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WATCH: FROM THE ARCHIVES: Bus causes pile-up after rolling backwards into oncoming traffic

TimesLIVE brings you exclusive CCTV footage from SANRAL cameras across Gauteng of dramatic traffic incidents occurring on South African roads. In this video from July 2014, a bus is seen rolling down a hill into oncoming traffic on the N1…

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Looters clean up after truck carrying washing powder overturns on N1

It was raining washing powder on the N1 north in Johannesburg on Saturday afternoon‚ with traffic reported to be at a standstill after a truck carrying a load of the detergent overturned. @TrafficSA @N1 truck down at midrand. MAQ washing…

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