Truck Driver Shortage A Growing Risk To Supply Chains

The transportation of goods and products is integral to the functioning of South Africa’s economy. As demonstrated during July’s unrest, any pause in the movement of essential goods from suppliers could lead to calamitous shortages of vital supplies and food, affecting all South Africans. But where this unrest brought the threat of protest action to supply chains into focus, a less obvious but potentially equally devastating risk, is the lack of qualified truck drivers in South Africa.