WearCheck’s oil and fuel analysis facility recently moved up a gear with the opening of a brand new office to service the Eastern and Southern Cape. Located in Sidwell, Port Elizabeth, the new office will serve as a meeting venue for WearCheck customers or as a depot where WearCheck products, such as sampling kits, can be purchased. The interesting part of this story is not so much the new offices but rather the man who has been behind WearCheck’s presence in the region for the past nine years.

The Deputy President of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, has commended the road freight industry on the initiatives it has taken to respond to the health needs of its employees and in particular, the manner in which the industry responded to the challenges posed by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Speaking at the annual convention of the Road Freight Association held recently in Phalaborwa, Mr Motlanthe encouraged other industry sectors to learn from what the trucking sector has done in this regard. “Indeed, working together it is possible to realise our vision of an AIDS-free world,” he said.

Parties already doing business on the African continent have identified transport and logistics infrastructure as the most challenging constraint to business operations, followed closely by bribery and corruption. According to Hennie Heymans, MD of DHL Express South Africa, these constraints will hinder the significant economic growth which is forecast to take place on the continent over the next few years.