Road freight operators in South Africa are advised to familiarise themselves with the Transport Sector Charter Council and the codes it serves to implement from 1 March 2024.
According to Wessel du Toit, business development executive at Decoding Information Services, the Council “will have a major impact on all companies rated under the current Transport Sector Codes.
Companies will need to align their planning in accordance with the new proposed Transport Sector Codes, or they will run the risk of not receiving a compliant BEE certificate.”
Moreover, hauliers are cautioned “that there will be no transitional period for the implementation of the Sector Codes,” Du Toit says.
The Council was appointed in May last year by Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga to oversee the implementation of the Transport Sector B-BBEE Charter Codes.
Primarily, it aims to align the transport sector codes with the Codes of Good Practice.
Last September, following May’s development, the Department of Transport held the Integrated Transport Sector B-BBEE Alignment Process, during which the establishment of the new Charter Council as well as the process of aligning the Integrated Transport Sector Codes to the Amended Codes of Good Practice were discussed.
Viewed in its entirety, the establishment of the Council and its Transport Codes have drawn a hard line in the sand about transformation in the transport sector, beyond which non-compliant operators can expect little reprieve after March 1.
