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Industry Thoughts on HIV / Aids FleetWatch sent a questionnaire to over 300 companies in the industry asking for answers to three questions relating to HIV / Aids. The answers received endorse the fact that more action is needed on all fronts. |
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When an overall drop in industry standards results in you being constantly hit by adverse influences beyond your control, running a transport operation becomes an uphill battle against all odds. FleetWatch followed the fortunes of one company over a five week period to highlight what transporters are facing nowadays. |
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New Innovation in Distribution MAN Truck & Bus and TFM have, in partnership with ABI, distributors of Coca-Cola in South Africa, developed an innovative new distribution concept. |
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On a recent visit to Mozambique, FleetWatch came face to face with the reality of the extent of the reconstruction needed to create roads and bridges. There's a long hard road ahead. |
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Grease - More to it than Brylcream Grease evokes the lowest form of comment as evidenced by the term "grease monkey", usually being expressed in a degrading tone. Dave Scott, technical correspondent for FleetWatch, urges operators not to let grease, with its partner oil, be treated as a low ranking issue driven by lowest price. |
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FleetWatch contends that clients should share the burden of rising diesel price and as an aid for transporters to educate their clients in what they are facing, we publish the full text of the latest monthly statement issued by the Department of Minerals and Energy. |
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Unions - Facing a Different Ball-Game What are some of the issues facing the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union? Our Western Cape correspondent, Stephanie Platt, finds out in a chat with Millard Xeketwana, chairman of the Western Cape branch of SATAWU. |
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Malawi - A Beacon for the Region While Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo barge along their self-destructive paths, it is important that the world takes note of the genuine desire of other countries in the region to build their economies - albeit from a low base. Malawi is such a country as FleetWatch discovered. |
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HIV / Aids Clouds the Optimism Although transporters in Malawi are upbeat about the future, there is one stumbling block that stands in the way of growing the trucking industry in this landlocked country. |
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