South Africa’s driver shortage offers truckers opportunity to grow their income – here’s how much they earn

[BusinessTech]

South Africa’s driver shortage offers truckers opportunity to grow their income – here’s how much they earn

South Africa is suffering from a shortage of qualified truck drivers, amid early retirements and following lockdown restrictions making it difficult for drivers to access training and get licensed.

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Keep in mind it takes a different skill to haul 40 Tonnes of rock vs an articulated truck full of luxury cars. The salary paid is very skill-based in the industry.

I found some payslips of my dad's lying around from a decade back where I saw he earned as much as a senior software engineer hauling luxury cars.

Expect to see many retirees trucking again to supplement their retirement. Not uncommon to see seasoned truckers in USA & Australia.

 

[rvZA]

America recently announced they will be taking in 50,000 truck drivers from around the world to help with shortages there. A second news article confirmed that they will be taking in even more than that. I wonder how many SA drivers packed up for better opportunities there?

 

[etienne_marais]

Driver type	Area A	Area B
Light (3,500 kg or less)	R4,229.22	R4,229.22
Medium (3,501 kg – 9,000 kg)	R5,085.20	R4,229.22
Heavy (9,001 kg – 16,000 kg)	R5,535.62	R5,264.60
Very Heavy (16,001 kg or over)	R6,083.53	R5,787.15

So sad that people have to work for such non-livable wages

The harsh reality that the left and Marxists incur (pretending to stand for the opposite)

 

[rvZA]

Driver type	Area A	Area B
Light (3,500 kg or less)	R4,229.22	R4,229.22
Medium (3,501 kg – 9,000 kg)	R5,085.20	R4,229.22
Heavy (9,001 kg – 16,000 kg)	R5,535.62	R5,264.60
Very Heavy (16,001 kg or over)	R6,083.53	R5,787.15

So sad that people have to work for such non-livable wages

The harsh reality that the left and Marxists incur

The R350 grant and staying at home sounds much better though.