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Carnage and death stalk the coal road as drivers put profits before lives. War in Ukraine has caused a global energy crisis that has sent the coal price soaring and, with money to be made on coal transport contracts, mines and truckers are hurtling down the N2 between Pongola and Piet Retief. The Transnet rail system, long lost to sabotage and looting, puts pressure on truckers to make it to Richards Bay in record times. The crashes they cause are horrific, impacting the lives of communities along the way. Carte Blanche investigates the deadly toll amid a lack of visible policing.
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Captured state .. give us your hard earned money and get absolutely nothing back in return!!
I'm from Germany but grew up in KZN and am sorry that the failings of our previous German government has lead to this energy crisis.
The South African government won't do anything for you. Follow the Money: try contacting the German consulate in Durban or even the embassy in Joburg. Or a long shot: tweet to Ricarda Lang, the leader of the German green party that is responsible for the German energy policy.
My uncle used to work on the coal train to Richards Bay. What happened to that train line? Is it necessary to transport all the coal by road?
Why donโt they upgrade Durban port so people can utilize the n3 double lanes
SANRAL needs to sort this out with government immediately.
Unbelievable! The loathsome slime of a Mbalula and his ilk!
But these politicians have trucks too, theyre cashing in bigtime with this high coal demand and as for transnet strike that was going to happen vele and it is justified
I hope Fikile Mbalula's car finds itself it front of one of those trucks.
God willing of course
They must put speed bumps to slow down the truck and cars every 1km and every 3kms they will fix them up.
has no one else seen this? who owns all these trucks , who approves the tenders? what happened to the rail infrastructure?
Move the coal to the railway
This is a government that has no interest in poor or people of south africa. They have deep pockets that cant be filled..people need to get rid รณf tis anc government to move forward
They donโt care TIA
Eish goverment scratches empty heads.
In my own opinion these truckers are given unrealistic targets to get to their destinations and have to make it back to the loading site as quickly as they left. This means that they drive recklessly and in most cases they are not getting enough rest
@10:35 surely if he alone took a 50% paycut, he could still have enough for caviar lifestyle, and enough of a budgbet to commission 23 TWENTY THREE traffic enforcement officers at the going rate of JMPD and have some change left over.
Migjht even be able to convince these guys to disassemble and move a couple of Gautengs E-tolls stations over there… they might even start earnign revenue from them finally, in speediing offences. My heart goes out to these families, and to the first responders. In all honesty the Truck Owners need to share in both liability & culpability
heartbreaking stuff..
This should be on railways. Not trucks
Too late they are dead by the incompetent officials…
Useless Mbalula