With an unreliable power supply putting off desperately needed foreign investment and the general cost of doing business remaining doggedly high, it’s little wonder that transport decreased by 4.4%, while major players like manufacturing, mining and agriculture shrank by 8.5%, 10.8% and 13.2% respectively. “If people aren’t buying, there’s no demand for product, and if there’s no demand for product, there’s no need to move around goods,” says Marcus Ellappan, director of road freight at Bidvest Panalpina Logistics (BPL).
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