The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was commemorated on Tuesday, the same day truck drivers in the continent’s second biggest economy – South Africa - blocked trucks from travelling to other countries.
The blockade, which was declared unlawful by the Pretoria High Court ended in some trucks being torched, as some South African drivers demand an end to employment of foreign drivers.
Nonetheless, the SADC Executive Secretary, Dr Stegomena Lawrence Tax, said that continental integration will greatly contribute to the realization of “our forefathers’ dream of a united, and pros...
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