2017 Year in Review: Tow truckers bring Durban to a standstill
The 26th of March was a day we were all late for work. Tow truckers, panel beaters, electricians in the automobile repairs industry staged a massive protest on the N2 northbound freeway, calling for equality in the industry.
They said it was to create awareness around what they claimed was the unfair distribution of repair work by insurance companies.
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The SA Automobile Repairers and Salvage Association and Buy Black SA told Newswatch black-owned businesses are not given equal work by insurers.
They said the company favours white-owned companies.
Dozens of tow truckers demand equal opportunities in the automobile repair and salvage industry #Durban #LaLucia pic.twitter.com/BhyaUPBriP
— Shaun Ryan (@wordsfromshaun) May 26, 2017
Authorities monitoring protest in Armstrong Ave. Very peaceful pic.twitter.com/SYyS5RB3Y5
— Shaun Ryan (@wordsfromshaun) May 26, 2017
Listen to The SA Automobile Repairers and Salvage Association and Buy Black SA's Wesley Douglas explain their grievances below:
Telesure responded by saying it is committed to transformation. It said in KwaZulu-Natal alone, it allocated more than 50% of authorised repairs to black-owned entities during 2016.
For yesterday's feature on the 30-hour water shutdown faced by some KwaZulu-Natal residents, click here.