Africa: Truck Drivers Warned of Hijackers in South Africa

The Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) has advised haulage truck drivers going to and from South Africa to travel in convoys to minimise the chances of being hijacked.

This comes after an increase in the number of recent hijacking incidents on the N4 route around the Rustenburg and Mafikeng area on the Trans-Kalahari Corridor.

WBCG spokesperson Maria Paulus, in a statement to the Namibian transport and logistics industry yesterday, said the hijackers are targeting the entire truck and its…