Media Release: Reaching the point of turnaround: South Africa’s Logistics Crisis

The logistics crisis in South Africa is, without doubt, the ‘perfect storm’, strangling the private sector and trade in particular, negatively impacting the fiscal, causing massive knock-on damage to the nation at large. This is a situation that government now recognises as an ‘Achilles heel’ to the national economy.

Corrective, regenerative focus from collaborative platforms between the public and private sectors to address the situation has started to show progress but needs to intensify. The road is long and arduous; we are off to a late but reasonable start. The Southern Africa Association of Freight Forwarders (SAAFF) welcomes the opportunity to track and measure progress through its industry leading qualitative Weekly Cargo Movement Report and its commitment to securing sustainable solutions as a dynamic sectoral representative body at the forefront of this critical path.