Truck drivers must be going through absolute hell in South Africa. It is hard driving trucks for long hours over winding roads and for poor pay. There is always the silent struggle against boredom, tiredness and sleep, with the attendant dangers of accidents, injury and death.
Over the past decade, there has arisen a new danger of being attacked by petrol bombs, being shot at, stoned, stabbed, harassed, and having your truck burnt to ashes.
In July, 21 trucks were burnt in KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.