Police minister Bheki Cele and industry bodies condemn the violent torching of six loaded trucks GILL GIFFORD Six trucks were destroyed after being set alight near Van Reenen on the N3 in KwaZulu-Natal. Image: The Ladysmith Herald The…
It is a common sight, large articulated trucks breaking down on the hills in and out of town. Last week a truck jackknifed on Albany Road by the Port Alfred High School. On Monday afternoon is was a truck heading out of town on Southwell…
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…
Another truck passing through Port Alfred, this time a Pick n Pay truck, illegally parked on the red line and ramped the pavement outside the Caltex garage on Sunday night. The driver was buying refreshments from Fresh Stop, and on…
Truck drivers continue to make illegal stops on Southwell Road (72), day and night, even after red lines indicating a no-stopping zone were painted on the sides. This was outside the Wimpy and Steers complex at about 9.45pm on December…
Contrary to Sanral’s intentions that new kerbing and paved sidewalks along the R72 through Port Alfred would discourage truck drivers from illegally using the shoulder, truck drivers are simply parking on the sidewalk. Responding to Talk…
Rocks being hurled directly at truck drivers is “something new” as a spate of attacks on the “soft targets” plays out on the country’s roads – some of them deadly. That was the warning sounded by Road Freight Association (RFA) CEO Gavin…
Perhaps it is the stop/go at the top of Albany Road or the driver wasn’t paying attention, maybe it was something else altogether, but a flatbed truck dropped what appeared to be plywood boards on the R72 last Thursday causing a second…
Talk of the Town came across this truck parked half across one lane on the R72, at the corner of Van Riebeeck Street, on Wednesday evening. The driver eventually returned to his vehicle and said he had stopped to buy food. He was…
Another long-distance truck driver passing through Port Alfred abusing multiple parking bays not intended for trucks, and also parking dangerously, blocking part of the lane and forcing cars to go around him. This was in Gluckman/Campbell…
