POLITICALLY motivated marauders set fire to five trucks on a key trade corridor in South Africa, the second such attack in as many days, Bloomberg reported.
The attackers torched vehicles on the N4 highway that links the Johannesburg-Pretoria area to the Port of Maputo, 517 kilometres to the east in neighbouring Mozambique, said police.
The route is a key corridor for coal and chrome exports from South Africa.
Angry truckers regularly block major arterial roads in South Africa in protest at the hiring of foreigners. The protests threaten trade and employment because 80 per cent of all goods move by truck.
A few days before assailants set fire trucks on the N3 highway that links the Johannesburg area to the Port of Durban, Africa's biggest container harbour, 600 kilometres to the south.
This is the worst violence since the advent of multiracial democracy in 1994 when shops were looted during the violence that led to the deaths of more than 350 people. The culprits were never prosecuted.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed concern about the attacks that have 'a negative impact on our economy,' after a meeting of the governing African National Congress.
'It's almost like economic sabotage because burning six trucks on the main artery of our country in terms of the economy is concerning,' he said.
Said the Road Freight Association: 'The targeted precision of the attack is worrying. This was well planned and efficiently implemented. At this point, no group has acknowledged that they are responsible.'
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The attackers torched vehicles on the N4 highway that links the Johannesburg-Pretoria area to the Port of Maputo, 517 kilometres to the east in neighbouring Mozambique, said police.
The route is a key corridor for coal and chrome exports from South Africa.
Angry truckers regularly block major arterial roads in South Africa in protest at the hiring of foreigners. The protests threaten trade and employment because 80 per cent of all goods move by truck.
A few days before assailants set fire trucks on the N3 highway that links the Johannesburg area to the Port of Durban, Africa's biggest container harbour, 600 kilometres to the south.
This is the worst violence since the advent of multiracial democracy in 1994 when shops were looted during the violence that led to the deaths of more than 350 people. The culprits were never prosecuted.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed concern about the attacks that have 'a negative impact on our economy,' after a meeting of the governing African National Congress.
'It's almost like economic sabotage because burning six trucks on the main artery of our country in terms of the economy is concerning,' he said.
Said the Road Freight Association: 'The targeted precision of the attack is worrying. This was well planned and efficiently implemented. At this point, no group has acknowledged that they are responsible.'
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