I thought you might like to see some of the many examples of unroadworthy trucks I spotted in Zambia... Starting with the one below.
Is this the longest overhang you've ever seen? Apparently they've got to have four men in the cab in order for it to steer. (Where it steers to is anyone's guess!)
Smashed lights, broken landing legs and a bald spare tyre - appalling even by Zambian standards.
I'm not sure what's worse - the precarious load... Or the lack of a windscreen!
Check out the state of this spare tyre.
Ah, more memories of Zambia.
Everything seems pretty normal in your sample pictures.
Re the spare tyre - Construction and Use Regulations (certainly in my days there) demanded every truck carried a "spare wheel" but I don't recall any specifications as to compatibility, size or condition etc. So what you have there is definately a spare wheel within the terms of the Act.