Dear Editor,IT is inconceivable that barely six months after the government revised the conditions of service for the fuel tank drivers, suddenly the drivers could lament on the conditions of service in the sector.There is need to unmask the real motive behind the work protest by the essential workers on this critical sector. This is beyond the reach of the realistic grievance in any event there is a dispute.The events of the weekend to the extent normal business grind to a halt are quite strange as at no point in time has our Zambian driver’s disturbed business in their pursuit for haulage contracts. This brings an apprehension of the invisible hands of the elite parading the drivers to fight their battles.Having carefully examined the grievances of the protesting drivers presented to Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya, it can be discerned that this is purely a dispute between transporters and the Oil Marketing Companies.Our other […]
‘Unmask the real agitators of the tank drivers’
