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When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees.
In the aftermath of the financial devastation of 2009, industries and companies around the world are taking stock of their positions. FOCUS established how Iveco weathered the storm, its plans for 2010 and its position in the hotly-contested African market.
After the financial meltdown of 2008, last year was all about survival for the commercial world. But at least 2010 is shaping up to be a year of tentative recovery. FOCUS looks at the role of supply chain management in this process.
On 15 April 2009, the road freight industry and the South African Transport Workers Union (Satawu) reached an agreement that effectively brought to a close the industry’s first wage dispute strike in over six years. NADINE VON MOLTKE looks at the cost of this agreement to the transport industry one year down the line.
The Van Tonder brothers have built South Africa’s biggest specialised bulk grain transport operation from the ground up: it all began in 1989 with just one truck and within two decades has grown to a fleet of over 50.
Who needs a house when you have a truck? STUART MOIR meets two world travellers who call a Gunwiltruck “home”.
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