Urgent Resolution Needed For Situation In Mozambique - Rfa

But it is important to highlight what that crisis has done to the South African economy and, more importantly, what it has highlighted as the weaknesses and fail points in the greater South African logistics chain.

The Road Freight Association RFA has repeatedly reported security conditions as well as interrupted logistics operations to government authorities, who have admirably taken action beyond their daily duties to confront the symptoms, or consequences, of what is occurring across the border.

It is very clear that, without the road freight route to the Port of Maputo through the Lebombo border post, many South African mining companies face a bleak future. Our own ports and rail systems have shamefully failed us and the only alternative left to many industries was to use the Port of Maputo.