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The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has asked the Pretoria high court to suspend the arrest or deportation of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) holders, pending an appeal by home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi, saying if this was not done it would lead to a human catastrophe.

Another truck blockade has resulted in Van Reenen's Pass on the N3 being closed on Thursday morning.

Transporters face a daily battle to keep their trucks on the road in trying times

The “employment of foreign nationals” sparked the protest by truck drivers who brought the N3 between Warden and Villiers to a standstill on Tuesday.

Outraged freight company owners are desperately trying to protect their drivers, who are being made to stop along the freeway before being pulled from their vehicles, running the risk of being pelted with stones should they fail to comply.

Tensions continue to rise within the trucking fraternity as protests saw dozens of truck drivers pulled over by members of the All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied SA on Monday.

Tensions continue to rise within the trucking fraternity as protests saw dozens of truck drivers pulled over by members of the All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied SA on Monday.

The Hans Dettman highway between Chatsworth and Pinetown, south of Durban, was barricaded by protesters on Friday.

KwaZulu-Natal police said on Friday they are treating the threat of a planned shutdown of main highways in the province as serious.

KwaZulu-Natal police said on Friday they are treating the threat of a planned shutdown of main highways in the province as serious.