The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has asked the Pretoria high court to suspend the arrest or deportation of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) holders, pending an appeal by home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi, saying if this was not done it would lead to a human catastrophe.
Outraged freight company owners are desperately trying to protect their drivers, who are being made to stop along the freeway before being pulled from their vehicles, running the risk of being pelted with stones should they fail to comply.