International road hauliers may resume business this week, two weeks after they halted travel due to a wave of burning buses with Mozambican number plates and the collapse of a bridge on the alternative route in Namaacha.
To escape the wave of burning of cars with Mozambican number plates in South Africa, transporters opted to use the road that passes through the Goba junction in Namaacha, passing through Swaziland to finally reach Durban.
With the collapse of the bridge over the Kalachane River in the Impaputo locality in Namaacha, the transporters were left without options and suspended the trips on the 10th of this month. 25 Days later, the trips may be resumed, according to the president of the Association of International Road Transporters of the Lower Mainland, Fernando Lopes.
“But until there is a decision to the contrary, we will, from Monday or Tuesday, have to go back to using the Goba route, which we had stopped using because of the collapse of the Impaputo and Boane bridges,” he explained.
In relation to the wave of fires in South Africa, the transporters say they have not yet received any information from the governments involved. On Monday, the governments of Mozambique and South Africa meet again, and the transporters hope that this issue will be addressed.
“We have been invited to this meeting. It is a meeting that happens every year, usually in March, but this time it was brought forward because of this situation. It’s going to have to be talked about, one way or another.”
The latest attack on a Mozambican-registered bus in South Africa occurred about three weeks ago.
O País
