The civil rights organisation AfriForum urges the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, to urgently convene a multi-faceted task force to arrest the persons responsible for the recent truck fires. This follows a third incident on 10 July where trucks were stopped by armed persons and set on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Johan Kruger, strategic advisor at AfriForum, says that both President Cyril Ramaphosa and Cele must urgently show leadership to curb this wave of truck fires before the situation escalates further. \u201cIt is clear that this is a coordinated effort by groups to commit sabotage, terrorize truck drivers and do economic damage to transport companies and the country\u2019s economy. Urgent intervention at various levels is now needed and Cele cannot bury his head in the sand now,\u201d says Kruger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cThe SAPS\u2019s inability to act quickly and decisively has caused great damage to the country in the past and is simply a free pass for these criminals to proceed with coordinated efforts to destabilize the country,\u201d Kruger continues.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
According to Kruger, AfriForum\u2019s local safety structures are already on the lookout for similar suspicious behavior and helping to collect information that can be given to the SAPS. \u201cThe public also plays a very important role in these circumstances, and we appeal to people who have information about these incidents to come forward and contact us with relevant information,\u201d concludes Kruger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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