The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has added its voice to condemnation of the truck driver protests describing them as misguided and a misdiagnosis of the problem of unemployment currently facing South Africa.
“The truck driving industry is bound to be characterised by people of different nationalities. To demand that Africans be fired on the basis of their nationality by truck companies is to jeopardise inter-continental trade. It is misguided to blame fellow Africans for unemployment levels in South Africa,” the EFF said in a statement.
The party added that the lack of jobs in the country was a direct result of the lack of industrialisation and skills development by a government that would much rather have Africans fighting amongst each other than sustaining job opportunities.
“We call on all South Africans not to succumb to anti-African political agendas that distract us from confronting those who control the economy and those in political power who do not have the will to develop our country and create jobs. Artificial borders must not dictate employment opportunities and economic development in South Africa. We must forge continental unity which is based on continental economic integration and job creation,” the EFF said.
