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Opinion
Theft on the move...
and how to avoid it
By Morné Stoltz, MiWay Head of Business Insurance
With a spike in thefts from delivery vehicles causing havoc across the country, fl eet
owners and operators are looking for solutions to safeguard life and property.
INCIDENTS OF theft from delivery vehicles estimated loss of R250 million.
are occurring nationwide and seem to be These and many other less publicised
increasing. In Cape Town, robbery and incidents are causing havoc across the
arson have disrupted supply chains. In country’s supply chains. In some instances,
KwaZulu-Natal, the Mooi River Toll Plaza moving vehicles are being boarded, making it
made headlines with two separate incidents even more difficult for drivers to keep an eye
of coordinated attacks on, and looting of, on their load and presenting a further threat
trucks under the cover of “service-delivery to safety.
protests”. The most recent attack, over the Interruptions to the movement of goods
Freedom Day/Workers’ Day long weekend, are a threat to the smooth operation of
claimed upwards of 30 trucks and an the business, necessitating action against
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