The 33-year-old driver spoke to Eyewitness News anonymously after his truck was torched on the N2 in KwaZulu-Natal. Truck attacks have resulted in at least 21 trucks being torched in five separate incidents since Saturday.
The attackers reportedly torched five vehicles July 10 on the N4 highway that links the commercial hub of Gauteng to the Port of Maputo in neighboring Mozambique.
There is speculation that the latest bout of torching of trucks is a deliberate effort to coincide with the annual Southern African Transport Conference.