False alarm call-outs are the security cost most South African businesses never budget for, because the charge arrives one line at a time rather than as a single invoice. A detector trips at 02:14. Yet the control room sees a signal and nothing else. A response vehicle rolls out, finds
Update: October 2026 fuel prices are out — see the latest figures here. Durban, 27 July 2026 — A diesel price increase in August now looks near certain for both grades. Central Energy Fund data to 22 July indicates 50ppm diesel rising by 66 cents
Durban, 26 July 2026 — Border delays cost fleets far more than most operators put in their quotes. New research puts a number on it. Presented at the 44th Southern African Transport Conference, the study costs the problem at R15 billion to R16 billion a
Update: October 2026 fuel prices are out — see the latest figures here. Correction · 27 July 2026 This article originally carried a table row labelled “22 July” showing diesel roughly flat with 500ppm indicating a 24-cent increase. Those were Central Energy Fund estimates as
Durban, 24 July 2026 — Electric trucks in South Africa have quietly passed a threshold worth studying. Volvo Trucks South Africa announced this week that its battery-electric fleet has passed 250,000 kilometres in commercial service. The trucks entered local service in 2023. The number matters
Durban, 24 July 2026 — Zimbabwe truck driver licences are causing delays at law enforcement checkpoints across the region. Harare has now stepped in. In a letter dated 10 July, Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development wrote to SADC transport authorities. It asked them
Update: October 2026 fuel prices are out — see the latest figures here. Durban, 23 July 2026 — An August diesel price increase is now on the table for South African fleet operators. Three weeks ago, the Central Energy Fund’s data pointed to diesel cuts
Durban, 22 July 2026 — A new Botswana border customs rule takes effect in ten days. It changes when a truck may legally roll. From 1 August, the Botswana Unified Revenue Service requires customs approval before a commercial vehicle departs for the border. Arriving without
Durban, 21 July 2026 — A government traffic register number crackdown has started a three-month compliance clock for South African fleet operators. SA Trucker has reported a letter from Transport Minister Barbara Creecy. It directs officials to remove existing Traffic Register Numbers from NaTIS within
Update: October 2026 fuel prices are out — see the latest figures here. Durban, 20 July 2026 — South Africa’s August diesel price forecast is shrinking by the day. Two weeks ago, mid-year data pointed to cuts of more than R2 per litre for petrol
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