Four truck drivers are among five suspects expected to appear in the Ermelo magistrate’s court on Monday following arson attacks on trucks in parts of the country.
A freight company owner whose truck was among those first targeted on Sunday in the ongoing coordinated attacks on freight industry, has told of how his business has been left on its knees with job losses now looming.
Deputy president Paul Mashatile says the state security agency knows who is behind the torching of trucks, adding that the government was “on top of things”.
The ANC says its hands are tied from removing a rape-accused councillor from its deployees list as the man continues to draw a salary while languishing in prison.
ANC benefactor Edwin Sodi’s company has had yet another tender terminated for poor performance, but he had already pocketed R130m on the incomplete project.