Industry stalwart Margrit Wolff has died after contracting Covid-19.
She was a larger-than-life personality who gained respect in the industry in which she has been involved since 1979.
Dynamic, energetic and dedicated, she was a force to be reckoned with.
According to a tribute published on the Transport Forum site, she started working at the age of 14 as a nurse and obtained her matric certificate at 24 by studying at night through correspondence.
In 1979 she was employed in the clearing and forwarding industry as a sales person which she soon realised was her calling.
She started her first business, Buffalo Freight Systems, at age 47 in 1999, having bonded her house for the seed capital. In 2006 she sold the company and stayed on to manage the business until 2012, at which time the “corporate” that had bought it decided she was too old and they needed to replace her. After a brief fight she left and was able to start Mercury Freight Systems immediately.
Under her leadership the company has gone from strength to strength.
Over the years, she has notched up many local and international awards recognising her achievement as a woman in the business world.
She was an alternate director of the SA Association of Freight Forwarders and vice president of the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
She will leave an indelible mark on the industry.
She is survived by two grandsons and her son in law.
