Work with us to avoid border mess, road freight industry asks government

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Transport and road freight organisations on Wednesday asked the government for a public-private partnership to prevent a repeat of the chaos at the Beitbridge border post.

“The agreement is a phenomenal, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring 30 million people out of extreme poverty and to raise the incomes of 68 million others who live on less than $5.50 a day. Municipalities, government agencies and departments, as well as the private sector on both sides of the border, need to collaborate to create capacity and efficiencies to ensure there are no bottlenecks at the border so much-needed economic growth can take place, and trade and business can flourish.

“Trade facilitation measures that cut red tape, ease movement in a secure environment to simplify customs procedures in the AfCFTA framework, will help drive $292bn of the $450bn in potential income gains,” she said. Saaff had provided 3,000 litres of water to exhausted drivers stuck in the queue, she added. The team was also organising other essentials as ongoing support.

“A well-established PPP [public-private partnership] will prevent similar disasters in the future, given the critical role the trucking and freight industry plays in facilitating AfCFTA’s infrastructure development and trade, with transport is the ultimate enabler,” said Maree.

 

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Stop giving the foreigners work when your own people are unemployed just to score with cheap labour... government won't be able to do anything...the people will continue doing what they do and you will lose money until your business is bankrupt 🙄

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