Cash incentives for more coal deliveries linked to KZN horror crash

Companies are chasing the soaring global demand for the fossil fuel and drivers are being put under pressure to meet higher targets to get bonuses

25 September 2022 - 00:00

By Orrin Singh

A global rise in demand for coal has seen truck drivers speed, take unnecessary risks and use drugs to stay awake on the road to benefit from incentive-based economic pressure by owners to meet export deadlines.

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