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A protester was arrested for torching a truck after disgruntled residents went on a rampage over issues of service delivery.
Two suspects fingered in the unabated attacks on trucks were arrested in their respective residences in Mpumalanga.
It is not yet clear if the suspect who torched a truck and was captured by an in-cab camera while doing so is part of the 12 arrested.
Police Minister Bheki Cele says police in Mpumalanga are following strong leads as the torching of trucks continues unabated.
Four more trucks were reportedly torched on the N2 between Ermelo and Piet Retief in Mpumalanga on Wednesday morning.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa also condemned the torching of trucks which has happened in at least five different provinces.
DA says charging these economic terrorists in terms of the POCDATARA Act will send a strong message to any would-be truck attacker.
Two additional trucks, a Scania and Actross, that were driving behind were also torched by the suspects who later fled the scene.
Police in the Eastern Cape have advised trucks to avoid Addo Road due to ongoing protest action that has a left a truck torched