Author:mike-fitzmaurice

Peter Drucker said: “The best way to predict the future is to create it…” The Federation of East and Southern African Road Transport Associations (Fesarta) has a regional perspective and overview of the range of national and interstate transport activities on the drawing board. As 2018 gets underway, there is much evidence of energetic activities to create a better future for transportation in the southern and eastern African region. These cover a wide range of developments with a common thread […]

The cross-border road-transport industry throughout the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region operates in a permanent climate of frustration at the continual obstacles to interstate trade, that are raised by authorities. For potential manufacturers, miners and farmers in southern Africa, being globally competitive requires high levels of efficiency. This is difficult to achieve at low volumes and with constraints imposed by limited availability of skills and excessive government regulation. European Union (EU) Chief of Development Aid, Stefano Manservisi, says: “This […]