For transporters, cutting back on maintenance procedures is both unsafe and financially imprudent. Rising operating costs mean that some people are not renewing their fleets, unless they are forced to. Consequently, the average age of vehicles is...
Most people rely on a tyre’s tread depth to determine its condition. Les Mc Master, Chairman of the Motor Industry Workshop Association (MIWA), points out that the rubber compounds deteriorate over time, regardless of the condition of the...
There are good reasons to retain the structure of South Africa’s fuel levy. This is according to Stellenbosch lecturer and 2015 Southern African Transport Conference’s Young Professionals Award winner, Johann van Rensburg. “With the current...
Rising costs resulting from fuel and maintenance are the biggest issues that are currently keeping transport operators awake at night. These two issues are really driving pressure and have led to some operators believing that the industry is...
