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08 December 2021

MEC Lehari appreciates truck drivers for all their efforts. North West MEC for Department of Community Safety and Transport Management Sello Lehari has sent his heartfelt gratitude to the truck drivers who pulled through, despite all their daily challenges, during the COVID-19 pandemic to keep moving and transporting goods to different SADC countries. The MEC who was accompanied by Kgosi Gobusamang Shole, the Mahikeng Local Municipality Executive Mayor, Cllr Tshepiso Mphehlo and officials from Trans Kalahari Corridor Secretariat, Namibia’s Road Safety Council and Walvis Bay Corridor Group , led a “Thank a trucker” campaign on the N18 road towards the Ramatlabama border to Botswana. MEC Lehari acknowledged and appreciated the essential work that truck drivers do on a daily basis, this while interacting with those who drove passed the border, travelling from different countries. “You go through various areas and meet different people, therefore your lives are at risk. Unlike other workers, you can’t work from home. We plead that you take good care of yourselves as the work that you do is important to us and the economy.” said the MEC. The Trans Kalahari Corridor Secretariat's Executive Director Mr Leslie Mpofu said there is a need to harmonize COVID-19 regulations among SADC countries, adding that the situation frastrates the drivers as it prolongs their traveling and transit times. He however, appreciated their patience at the borders. "They keep our economy alive besides all these frustrations, and we really thank them for that," he concluded. The Trans Kalahari Corridor is a tripartite, trans-boundary Corridor Management Institution that was established with a political and economic vision to pursue or contribute towards deeper regional integration programs of SADC, SACU and NEPAD. The week long campaign has today moved to the Bojanala regi END Next Articles+

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