Two more trucks were set on fire earlier this morning, on the N12 high-way between Etwatwa and Daveyton. The attacks comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa, in a statement early this morning, strongly condemned the attack seen on trucks in recent weeks. In the past week alone, more than 20 trucks have been set on fire across South Africa.

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