Road beats airfreight at Speedy Overborder

“Swaziland is growing so big, it’s a good sign,” said Willie Stuart, the ebullient owner of one of the country’s most dynamic road transport outfits.
Mid-year is “busy time,” after the slow January to March period. In fact, after a few years of slow economic growth, more business is coming the way of transporters like Speedy Overborder, Stuart says. The company has expanded its destinations to Botswana and now Zimbabwe (via its Johannesburg office, with its staff of 40).
“In Swaziland, like Zimbabwe, our trucks are faster than airfreight, because of customs delays at the airport. Our trucks arrive at the South African borders with Swaziland when they open at 07:00 and by 09:00 we are distributing packages in Mbabane. Airfreight is still stuck at the airport,” Stuart said.
“Our 450 m2 warehouse is usually kept completely empty. If there are packages lying around, it means there’s a problem somewhere, which we rectify. Customer service is everything for us,” said Stuart, who has been known to get behind the wheel of a delivery vehicle - or even a warehouse forklift - if he’s needed in an unexpected pinch.