‘If we in SA torch their trucks, they’ll torch ours’: Zulu king

08 July 2019 - 07:00 By Bongani Mthethwa
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According to police figures, at least 74 trucks have been set alight between January and June this year.
According to police figures, at least 74 trucks have been set alight between January and June this year.
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If South Africans keep torching trucks driven by foreign nationals, there is a chance the same thing will happen to local drivers when they cross our neighbours’ borders.

That was the strong warning from Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, who has weighed in on the torching of trucks on SA roads, a crisis that appears to be on the increase.

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