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Truckers protest new COVID-19 rules

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Truckers protest new COVID-19 rules
Scores of cargo truck drivers who enter Botswana through Tlokweng borderpost to deliver goods have complained about new Botswana Covid-19 regulations that ties them to do ties before entering the country also under police escorts so that they go straight to delivering. The new regulations have been adopted indefinitely this week after a truck driver who entered Botswana tested positive for COVID-19, hence the tightening of screws on cargo trucks. The Patriot on Sunday caught up with some of the drivers who expressed concern about the new process indicating that it compromises their time as well as leading to damage of goods. One truck driver who said he comes long way from Polokwane City in Limpopo province to deliver vegetables spent two days at the border insisting this poses danger to the goods. “Driving from Limpopo to Johannesburg where I start my journey to Gaborone alone is just so depressing due to the distance. Also waiting at the border for two or so days really costs me. I have to come to Botswana twice a week but now it will be challenging task,” the driver noted. Clamp down Police started escorting truck drivers from the border when they are certified…

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