During the Eastern Cape’s busy mid-year citrus export season, when producers require additional equipment for harvesting, packing and loading operations over a defined period rather than throughout the year, forklift rental is a practical solution for companies that need additional material handling capacity without the financial commitment of expanding their permanent fleet.
A paper delivered at the 44th Southern African Transport Conference has put a stark price on one of the region’s most persistent logistics failures: cross-border disruption is estimated to cost R15 billion to R16 billion every year.
Archie Vermeulen is an industry veteran who previously headed national logistics operations for Vodacom as well as Cell C. During our visit to record a video tour of RAM’s new facility (view it here), we spent some extra time chatting to Archie and he shared some insights on people, process & equipment in warehousing. There were some real nuggets in the 9 minutes that we recorded and if you’re involved in warehousing operations, we encourage you to listen to it.
With just 20 days remaining until the CIPS Southern Africa Connect & Engage Conference and Awards 2026, organisers have confirmed two of the region's most influential public-sector leaders among the headline speakers for this year's event.
