The scrap metal ‘hijackers’ of Gauteng
People are so desperate that they've taken to stealing scrap metal off moving trucks.
Scrap metal “hijackers” – like this man – are risking life and limb to steal from moving trucks. In the past eight months, 10 of them have died and others have been mutilated after falling under the wheels of trucks.
But they continue to do it – because it is the only way they, and their families, can survive.
Don’t miss The Citizen newspaper tomorrow for our exclusive story on this incredible phenomenon in the battle for survival.
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